Constitutional Opinion No. 2026-0664
Case Information
- Source
- The White House
- Author
- President Donald J. Trump
- Publication Date
- 2026-07-13
- Content Type
- Executive Order
- Opinion Issued
- 2026-07-19
- AFCS Version
- 1.0
Holding
The Court holds that this proclamation, reducing the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument from approximately 1.87 million acres to 181,541 acres and opening roughly 1.69 million excluded acres to mineral leasing, mining claims, and public land disposition, aligns strongly with the Standard. It restores productive private and commercial use of federal land (Article IX), advances domestic mineral and energy development (Article XIII), and narrows an expansive Antiquities Act designation the proclamation deems beyond the smallest-area-compatible requirement (Article XII). Scored under the default 70/30 weighting as an executive action whose factual justifications are assessed. No Automatic Fail is triggered. Final score 81 — America First.
It is the judgment of this Court that Opinion No. 2026-0664 is hereby entered into the record, in accordance with the America First Constitutional Standard. The score stands. The reasoning is published. The record is public.