Wow, I’ve been to Hoover Dam and I didn’t see the cattle grazing on it. Or near it. I didn’t see them in the marina, either? Maybe they were all using the “needful facilities” at the Visitors Center.
Hold on ponygirl, you need some context here. My original position was that the US Federal government could do with it’s land the same as any other land owner under the concept of property rights. The operative fact being that the US Government owned the land in question.
The response was an attempt to assert that since grazing fees were not listed in Article 1 section 8 that the Federal government should not own the land at all.
I responded by showing that even by that most narrow of interpretations of Article 1 section 8 that there were still “...other useful buildings” (per the exact language of the Constitution) that clearly shows that the US Government owns the land and that it is no constitutional violation for that ownership. The Hover dam being within the land area in question (Lake Mead National Recreational Area) and being a useful building.
I also showed where Bundy’s cattle are grazing on lands within the LMNRA and that is the government’s complaint.
If you want to try and refute a point ... show where the US government does not own the land in question. Or that Bundy has in fact paid the mandated fees.