Posted on 04/03/2016 12:32:46 PM PDT by Sean_Anthony
For the federal government to demand more, and seize more, such as we are seeing regarding BLM land, is nothing less than tyranny.
According to Article I, Section 8, aside from adding territory as spoils from war, the only way the federal government can own property is if they “purchase” it with the “consent” of the State legislature for the purpose of “needful buildings.” Much of the land west of the Mississippi River owned by the federal government was not obtained in either manner. As a result, the Bureau of Land Management unconstitutionally regulates/manages (or should I say “mismanages”) a massive portion of the United States.
Confrontations have emerged in Nevada and Oregon, of late, with the Bundy name attached to both situations. The iron grip by the federal government on these lands has led to limitations on land use, be it for grazing, farming, timber or other uses that in our short history as a country was not so much of a concern not very long ago.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Mr. Gibbs reads Free Republic.
I thought for a second this was an article about another BLM [Black Lives Matter] group that is doing unlawful things.
Agenda 21_ rewilding-
Susan Sarandon is going to start a communist revolution.
When she does we can settle a lot of these issues.
Me too, but I thought transvestites were evolved so I clicked for the freak show. I’m relieved and disappointed all at the same time.
Sell it all to private interests.
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