Posted on 04/25/2014 11:04:36 AM PDT by Jim Robinson
“This time we’re bringing tanks.”
That’s ok,we will be at your house while you’re running around in that tank.
Apparently, supposedly the BLM controls the land where the river is or was, or something. Ive seen the claim but no proof. I dont know any other state where this is true. Borders between the states are state issues, where do the Feds figure into this?
The feds figure into it through the Equal Footing Doctrine when a state is admitted to the Union.
Under the equal footing doctrine a state admitted to the Union is the complete equal of the original states. The rule [is] that the States, in their capacity as sovereigns, hold title to the beds under navigable waters.In February 2012, SCOTUS unanimously reaffirmed the tests traditionally used to determine navigable waters in PPL Montana, LLC v. State of Montana. The ruling in PPL Montana significantly affected the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers. If you are interested in the details of how navigability is determined, there are several cases cited at the link I provided. Rapanos v. United States is another big case.Upon statehood, the State gains title within its borders to the beds of waters then navigable or tidally influenced. It may allocate and govern those lands according to state law subject only to the paramount power of the United States to control such waters for purposes of navigation in interstate and foreign commerce. The United States retains any title vested in it before statehood to any land beneath waters not then navigable and not tidally influenced, to be transferred or licensed if and as it chooses. Source.
No it’s not.
I think it’s called “adverse possession” and I’ve seen it work with borderline property with respect to private ownership (squatters, fences, etc.). I wonder if they appended some sort of exemption (tacked in on to completely unrelated legislation or something) on to other bills. This is where Westlaw and LexisNexis (sp?) come in handy.
And maybe this is why the Obama Administration seized all of the attack helicopters from all of the National Guard units. They’re planning on bringing tanks and they don’t want us to be able to defend ourselves.
Oh, and the best weapon against a tank is a Mason jar filled with ammonia. Throw it on the vents over the engines and the inside of the vehicle will fill up with ammonia which cannot be stopped by the filters on these vehicles.
When the crew bails out of the tank you can greet them according to how they treated their fellow Americans.
It matters not. Black robed tyranny is every bit as onerous as is the BLM JBTs. 'Pod
Don’t freakin mess with Texas ya’ll
Seriously, I don't think the feddies could do anything more inflammatory short of running a troop train into town filled with Georgetown wonks in three-piece suits with bumper stickers on the sides of the cars saying "We're queer, we're here, we're from Washington and we're going to take your land." With signs on the backs of their little jackets saying "Please kick my ass." Guys, if it turns nasty, whose fault is it?
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