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To: Sean_Anthony

Alaska can stop Obama is his tracks.

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 stop Obama in his tracks. First, 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 Obama’s act of renaming Mt. McKinley back in his face an easy one.


9 posted on 08/31/2015 12:02:53 PM PDT by Jim W N
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To: Jim 0216

Except for the fact that Alaskans have been trying to get the name changed to Denali for a long time. Denali is the name given to the mountain by the first people to live here.

In fact, the state changed the name to Denali in 1980, but the federal government hasn’t followed up on that, mostly because politicians from Ohio have always blocked any legislation to change it.

I’ve lived in Alaska since 1997 and have never encountered anyone here on either side of the political spectrum who wanted McKinley to stay the name.


11 posted on 08/31/2015 12:11:23 PM PDT by arbitrary.squid
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