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Where does the President get any authority to name anything on his own say-so?

Naming mountains is a prerogative of Congress, or whomever they delegate the task to, not the President.

Besides, naming it Denali is naming it after a Indian god, so that is mixing religion with the state.

Where’s Barry Lynn of the Freedom From Religion organization when you need him?

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Denali is not a religious word, it means “the high one” or “the great one” as in highest or greatest mountain.

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http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=136:3:0::NO:3:P3_FID,P3_TITLE:1414314,Mount%20McKinley

http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/Public_Law_242.pdf
http://geonames.usgs.gov/

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It does appear that due process was followed here with the Secretary of the Interior getting the final call.

There’s quite a few variant spellings there.
Also some clearly not related to Denali:
Doleika, Doleyka, Tenada, Tenda, To-lah-gah, Traleika
Traleyka

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It does appear that due process was followed here with the Secretary of the Interior getting the final call.

There’s quite a few variant spellings there.
Also some clearly not related to Denali:
Doleika, Doleyka, Tenada, Tenda, To-lah-gah, Traleika
Traleyka

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Hmm....how often, though, does a name change go into effect on a Sunday??