If the Monuments are to be Reduced, it is Congress that Should do it

   Diminishing the size of the national monuments, including the Grand Staircase Escalante Monument, would be wrong, simply because the president has no such authority. The Antiquities Act of 1906 gives presidents power to create monuments.
   But, it gives no such power to undo monuments, nor to reduce their size.
   Power not granted is power not granted.
   If President Trump wants the size of the monuments reduced, he should bring his proposals to Congress, and ask for congressional action.
   The same should be said of Utah's leaders. Rather than appealing to President Trump to correct what they perceive as an error, they should appeal to Congress. If Utah's congressional delegation opposes the monument designations, it is they who should be introducing legislation to repeal or reduce those monuments.