Does the President Have the Constitutional Power to Rename a Mountain?

It’s reported that President Obama will change the name of Alaska’s highest peak from Mount McKinley to Denali.  But wait, does the President have constitutional power to rename mountains? Almost certainly not.  (And, even worse for him, the name McKinley appears to be incorporated into a statute.  And, even worse than that, apparently there have…

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