[Opinion] Emmett Till National Monument Could Lose Designation

Emmett Till National Monument Could Lose Designation

Source: Scott Olson / Getty Last week, the Department of Justice issued a legal opinion reversing nearly 100 years of legal precedent by allowing the president to revoke national monument designations if he feels the protection isn’t warranted. There’s growing concern among activists and former national parks officials that this ruling, along with proposed budget cuts and an executive order targeting “improper ideology” in national parks and mus…