[Grimmy]

Article 1, Section 8 item 17:

17: To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings;(there’s an and here that leads into the next item)

The 10 mile square IS the District of Columbia. One is allowed as the national seat of government.

The ONLY other land ownership legal for the fed gov is:
Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-yards and other needful buildings.

Is this land under discussion a fort? no.
Is this land under discussion a magazine for the storage of military munitions? no.
Is the land under discussion a dock-yard? no.
Is this land under discussion an “other needful building”? no.

So, how is it legal to demand rent on land that can not be legally owned by the authority demanding the rent?

[ForYourChildren]

I agree with the text and your discussion in this post - thanks. But I would like some clarification.

You have also stated that “The FedZilla can and has bought lands... which become territories.”

But you have also quoted Article 1, Section 8 item 17, “The ONLY other land ownership legal for the fed gov is: Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-yards and other needful buildings.”

Here is my disconnect (and others.) Article 1, Section 8 item 17 states clearly what land FedZilla can own. But we also know that FedZilla can own other land, which we call territories.

Is it your premise that once FedZilla turns those territories into states, that “the limits on land ownership by the fed gov come into play,” are now specifically governed in Article 1, Section 8 item 17?

[dynoman]

“exercise exclusive Legislation” is legally interchangeable with “own”?

I don’t know.

[BuckeyeTexan]

I interpret that text very differently.

to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be,

The land (or territory, if you will) in question was not purchased by the consent of the legislature of Nevada because Nevada did not become a state until sixteen years after the U.S. purchased the land by treaty with Mexico. IMHO, A1S8 does not apply to the Bunkerville Allotment of the Gold Butte.