Maybe the “penumbras” from the Kelo v. City of New London Supreme Court decision can embolden the states to just take the Federal land.
Good for the goose, etc.
Well if the states want to go the eminent domain route, and if the courts - through some miracle - upheld their actions, then the states still have to pay for the land they appropriate. So why not just cut to the chase, get Congress to sell them the land, and avoid all the court time?