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First of all, "national parks" are an unconstitutional federal land-grab from the states, regardless of how benign or benevolent such act may seem at the time. The only valid federal ownership of state land is described in Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 of the U.S. Constitution which says:
“[Congress shall have Power…] 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;--”
National parks were not purchased upon consent by state legislatures for the use of “Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings”, so national parks are unconstitutional federal acts. The states can make state parks according to the consent of the people and legislature of that state.
Secondly, because national parks constitute unconstitutional federal commandeering of state land, the state may reject and nullify such an act. Unconstitutional federal acts are by definition acts of tyranny - it’s just that some acts of federal tyranny begin with a happy face. Sates have the right and the duty to stand against such acts.
Here, Alaska can declare, on sound constitutional principle, that Denali was not purchased upon consent by the Alaskan state legislature for the use of “Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings” and can, therefore, take back this land. If Alaska actually paid money to the feds for this land originally (I doubt it) then Alaska can pay back the equivalent or reasonable amount now. Most likely, the feds didn’t pay for Denali in which case Alaska can simply assume control of the land upon notification to the feds (NOT permission from the feds).
Laying that groundwork would make the next step of throwing out Obama’s act of renaming Mt. McKinley an easy one. Most likely Alaska would simply make this a state park. Either way, it is ALASKA, NOT Obama, who can name the mountain whatever it wants.
The 'Rats punked you guys again.
And you can take that to any court in the land, and get pointed and laughed at.
Does the POTUS have the authority rename mountain peaks all on his own?
If Ohio wants a Mt. McKinley then find a mountain in Ohio and name it so.
It turns out that this is something Alaska has wanted for quite a while... whether this is a legal means to do so is a whole 'nother matter.
Gee, I’m surprised he didn’t name it Mt. Obama.
Just another “New Jersey Salute” to the eyes of the wussy Republicans who have let him have his way for the last 7 years. What did they expect...hugs and kisses?
It isn’t so much the fact that he changes the name, it is the arrogance and gall with which he does it.
He is the MASTER OF THE UNIVERSE...I CAN CHANGE ANYTHING I WANT.
Makes me nauseous.
I thought the name had been changed years ago since I’ve heard it called Denali so often
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How long before they take Ronald Reagan’s name off of the Washington D.C. airport?
Alaska renamed the mountain in 1980. We have been waiting for the Feds to come around since before then.
Denali is the name of the mountain given to it by the first people to live in what is now Alaska.
The name McKinley was given to it by a prospector in I think 1917.
Alaskans have tried for over 40 years to get it changed in Congress, and the *only* people opposed to it have been Ohio politicians.
McKinley never visited the state, never saw the mountain. There is absolutely nothing to tie him to the mountain except for one prospector.
If you come to Alaska, you will hear it referred to as Denali.
It’s high time that Ohio politicians worry about their own state and not ours.
SHUT UP Ohio lawmakers
If you want named mountain after US president do in your hood sweeties
I named that pile in my honey wagon Mt. Obama.
Obama wants to name Mt. McKinley after a GMC SUV? What ev.
Hey Kiddies !
That mountain was named in honor of 25th POTUS Wiliam McKinley who was asassinated in 1901. You don’t hear about that in this discussion do you ?
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Not unprecedented: “ After Kennedy’s assassination in 1963, his widow, Jacqueline Kennedy, suggested to President Johnson that renaming the Cape Canaveral facility would be an appropriate memorial. Johnson recommended the renaming of the entire cape, announced in a televised address six days after the assassination. Accordingly, Cape Canaveral was officially renamed Cape Kennedy.”
And, because of popular opinion, back to Cape Canaveral 10 years later.
Not unprecedented: “ After Kennedy’s assassination in 1963, his widow, Jacqueline Kennedy, suggested to President Johnson that renaming the Cape Canaveral facility would be an appropriate memorial. Johnson recommended the renaming of the entire cape, announced in a televised address six days after the assassination. Accordingly, Cape Canaveral was officially renamed Cape Kennedy.”
And, because of popular opinion, back to Cape Canaveral 10 years later.