Shouldas, couldas, and wouldas aside the land is clearly Federal property.
It’s probably a good idea to get the feds out of so much land ownership. But withholding rent and refusing to recognize the legal title of the landowner is not a winning strategy.
That’s why having the grazing fees paid up to date puts a fresh coat of I’m-the-wronged-party on Bundy, and makes it look better for them, or at least it would to me if I were a judge.
Someone needs to make a ruling or two that start making the fed think it may be best to begin divesting themselves of a lot of those lands...