Author: Elizabeth T. Horton, PhD
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Interior’s New Secretarial Order Won’t Speed Up Development. It Will Slow It Down.
Interior’s New Secretarial Order Won’t Speed Up Development. It Will Slow It Down. Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act rests on a simple...
Section 106 is NOT a litigation risk
We Correct the Record: Responding to Misinformation about Section 106 Did you know that the odds you will get hit by lightning in your lifetime...
Jessie Barrington Speaks at the IAC about Trespass on Indian Agricultural Land
Today at the Intertribal Agriculture Council’s Eastern Region Summit in Richmond, VA, Jessie Barrington (Chair of CHP’s Tribal Nations Practice) broke down “Trespass on Indian...
Fourth Circuit Denies Government Petition for Rehearing
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska v. United States Department of the Army On Tuesday, August 11th, a federal appeals court cleared the way for the Winnebago...
Federal Court Finds Lummi Nation Likely to Succeed in Lawsuit over Disturbance of Ancestral Burial Sites
Court Orders Advance Notice Before Any Further Ground-Disturbing Work in Point Roberts BELLINGHAM, WA, UNITED STATES, July 16, 2026 A federal judge yesterday granted significant...
Federal Court Finds Lummi Nation Likely to Succeed in Lawsuit Over Disturbance of Ancestral Burial Sites
Court Orders Advance Notice Before Any Further Ground-Disturbing Work in Point Roberts BELLINGHAM, Wash. — July 15, 2026 — A federal judge today granted significant...
Court Orders Advance Notice Before Any Further Ground-Disturbing Work in Point Roberts
BELLINGHAM, Wash. — July 15, 2026 — A federal judge today granted significant preliminary relief to the Lummi Nation in its lawsuit challenging the disturbance...
New Lummi Nation Court Filing Deepens Story of Desecration of Burials at Point Roberts
New Lummi Nation Court Filing Deepens Story of Desecration of Burials at Point Roberts SEATTLE, WA — May 7, 2026 — Ten days after filing...
Lummi Nation Files Federal Lawsuit Over Repeated Trenching Through Ancestral Burial Grounds
Lummi Nation Files Federal Lawsuit Over Repeated Trenching Through Ancestral Burial Grounds Seattle, WA – April 28, 2026 – The Lummi Nation has filed a...
Commission of Fine Arts Reviews Proposal to Paint Historic EEOB granite white
What Happened Yesterday—and What Comes Next Yesterday the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, now composed largely of presidential appointees aligned with this project, convened to...
Plaintiffs in Cultural Heritage Partners et al. v. Trump et al. file complaint against the GSA for FOIA violation
Washington DC, January 22, 2026. – Earlier this month Cultural Heritage Partners filed a complaint a for the DC Preservation League against the General Services...
Shifting Landscapes and Preservation Law
In November of last year, Cultural Heritage Partners PLLC Co-Founder Marion Werkheiser was the keynote speaker for the annual National Preservation Law Conference 2025. In...
Federal Judge Seeks Government Response to Address New Evidence of White House End-Run on Federal Building Demolitions; Presses GSA to Expand Commitments in Eisenhower Executive Office Building Case
On Monday, Judge Dabney Friedrich issued a series of directives following Monday’s hearing in Cultural Heritage Partners et al. v. Trump et al., the lawsuit...
Plaintiffs’ File Final Briefing Before Oral Arguments
Last night, Plaintiffs in the lawsuit seeking to halt the President’s plans to abrade and paint the Eisenhower Executive Office Building (EEOB) filed the final...
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WILL DELAY EEOB ALTERATIONS WHILE COURT DECIDES
Washington D.C. – November 19, 2025 – The Trump Administration, facing a lawsuit filed by preservationists including the law firm Cultural Heritage Partners and the...
PRESERVATION LAW FIRM AND DC PRESERVATION LEAGUE SUE TO PAUSE TRUMP’S LATEST RENOVATION PLANS
President Plans to Make the National Historic Landmark Eisenhower Executive Office Building “Beautiful” by Painting Every Exterior Surface White Regardless of who occupies the White...