Posted on 04/10/2014 10:35:30 AM PDT by bimboeruption
The case law would seem to indicate that Congress was granted the power to act as it sees fit regarding these lands, and divestiture would be possible only by legislation.
Fascinating body of court decisions stretching back to
our treaties with Spain, France and Mexico govern land sovereignty, and I’ve wasted several hours looking at
court decisions.
I did find a nice article on the Property Clause of the Constitution on the Heritage website.
http://www.heritage.org/constitution/#!/articles/4/essays/126/property-clause
Another essay:
http://www.law.umaryland.edu/marshall/crsreports/crsdocuments/RL34267_12032007.pdf
I am here at the center of it all at the Clark County Fair. Last night there was a special session of the town council. whatever the members of FR think, the community supports Clive Bundy. The mood here is an underlying tension of ugliness. Everyone seems to be waiting for the balloon to go up. The know the militia are on the way. The younger citizens of the area seem hot for action.
it is a battle of the eastern federal government with the western way of live.
Whatever you think of Bundy paying or not paying his grazing fees, the locals know why he stopped paying and support his position.
This ends my report for now. The action is literally over the hill just behind me.
Abigkahuna
I am here at the center of it all at the Clark County Fair. Last night there was a special session of the town council. whatever the members of FR think, the community supports Clive Bundy. The mood here is an underlying tension of ugliness. Everyone seems to be waiting for the balloon to go up. The know the militia are on the way. The younger citizens of the area seem hot for action.
it is a battle of the eastern federal government with the western way of live.
Whatever you think of Bundy paying or not paying his grazing fees, the locals know why he stopped paying and support his position.
This ends my report for now. The action is literally over the hill just behind me.
Abigkahuna
All of that land was available to be homesteaded well into the 20th Century. No one wanted it, at least enough to fulfill the homestead provisions.
Hope so.
I read a lot of comments from claimed locals at this site today both for and against Bundy. http://letstalknevada.com/category/gold-butte/
I will take your word about the community’s support for Bundy.
I do not doubt that the mood is ugly. I think this situation is way more complicated than it needed to be. I hope it does not escalate and that there is no loss of life.
marked, and good luck everyone there is gonna need it.
We’ll I understand, on the internet, no one knows if you are a dog or not. I am talking with folks that stop by our booth.
900 Steers would be about 900,000 pounds anyway. At 135 a hundred hoof weight, that’s about a million two they’re taking from Bundy.
It is a very interesting legal case and Bundy appears to be in the wrong. However, the tremendous show of force is unconscionable. It’s hard to argue against Bundy when the feds won’t lift a finger to remove illegal alien trespassers from land that doesn’t belong to them but use such force against freeping cows.
Please do keep us posted about the responses you get first hand.
Bump
Right behind me the PCRA rodeo has started. the stands are full of presumed Clive Bundy supporters. It is currently dusk turning to nightfall here in this desert region. The hills surrounding the area are devoid of any meaningful vegetation. The fair itself is held on a scratched piece of earth. ‘Most years the spring winds blow at 40mph, a spring breeze around here.
Today though, the winds are unseasonably calm, the temps in the low 90s. People walk about holding and ear of corn, or enjoying the sweetness of a funnel cake. Such as it is tonight at the Clark County Fair in Logandale, Nevada.
IIRC, isn't there a section in the bill of Rights which prohibits the government from taking a man's property without JUST compensation?
If these steers were the property of a cabal of illegal aliens, the BLM would probably assist them in rounding them up and transporting them to the black market where they could be sold to unlicensed butchers in East LA.
It would be an act of love.
But since this guy is just an evil white red-neck, they will send in snipers to take out the steers and when they are done, they'll just take out Bundy.
BTW since when has the BLM had an army?
How about authorized “first amendment zones” then?<<
What really pisses me off is that this sign posted on the first amendment area was not some hand drawn poster board.
This was a professionally manufactured placard. These SOB’s have planned to coral us WAY in advance of this incident. This is something they've had stored away for times such as these.
The gubbamint sees American citizens as the enemy.
Yesterday? Somebody is going to die. Someone in a high position of power wants Bundy’s land. And if they have to eliminate the Bundy’s to get it, so be it. It won’t be the first time it has happened.
Remember what Ahab (led by Jezebel) did to Naboth to get his vineyard?
Fixed it.
Thank you for sharing your insights, dear Jeff!
Well I hate to think they were scared of Clinton & the press. I hate to think they were scared of anything. I knew they didn’t go away, but I also remember that Bush’s presence calmed things down until Obama. I’m really surprised we haven’t heard for them until now.
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