Legally, Bundy doesn’t have a leg to stand on, courts have said so for 20 years. But neither did James Meredith when he defied the Mississippi law that said only white students could attend the University of Mississippi.
Bad laws exist, as to bad regulations and injustices perpetuated by unelected bureaucrats who operate under the power of federal law.
I’ve read just about everything that’s been published on this case, and in my view it is an act of civil disobedience in protest of an unjust regulation that would not be merely an inconvenience, but would run Mr. Bundy out of the ranching business, and effectively end a way of life that has been a tradition in the American west for over 100 years.
And I don’t want to see this country become the kind of place where that can happen.
“I’ve read just about everything that’s been published on this case, and in my view it is an act of civil disobedience in protest of an unjust regulation that would not be merely an inconvenience, but would run Mr. Bundy out of the ranching business, and effectively end a way of life that has been a tradition in the American west for over 100 years.”
Good summation.
Do you consider the Constitution to be the Supreme Law of the Land?
If so can you show me where in the Constitution it gives the Federal Government the authority to own 85% of the real estate in a sovereign state?
Mr. Bundy represented himself against an army of Government lawyers in those cases. He then stood firm against an army of Federal goons armed with automatic weapons and assault vehicles.
Al Sharpton owes $1.9 million in back taxes and Obama and Reid treat him like their best friend. Then Obama spends millions of dollars hiring an army to confiscate Bundy's cattle and shoot his family and friends if the opportunity arose.
Just because some court rules against you doesn't mean you don't have a legal leg to stand on. I think it is pretty clear that from a strict Constitutional standpoint, the BLM had no constitutional authority to charge grazing fees on land within the boundaries of Nevada. The fees should have been collected by Nevada and then if Nevada chose to pay tribute, then they could have sent some of the money to the crooks in Washington.
As it stands, Nevada is not a legitimate state on an equal footing with states east of the Mississippi. If I were the governor of Nevada, I would have called out the National Guard to protect the Bundy family from the armed federal goons. Instead it was his family and friends who had to do that job.