Posted on 05/11/2016 4:58:19 AM PDT by IBD editorial writer
When Wyoming rancher Andy Johnson decided to create a stock pond for horses and cattle on his 8-acre property, he did what any conscientious landowner would do. He got permits from both the state and local government before moving any dirt.
What he didn’t count on was a power-mad Environmental Protection Agency.
(Excerpt) Read more at investors.com ...
Interesting.
NOW. Give a show of hands to see how many think or believe the Obama Just-us Dept. will enforce that court decision.
I suspect Wyoming rancher Andy Johnson may soon occupy the cell next to Aaron Bundy and other decenters.
Out of control, they answer to no one.
No sign of Congress reining in any federal power.
Nope. They have been rubber stamps for executive abuse for far too long now. The executive agencies act as the politburo and Congress as the Supreme Soviet.
Bureaucrats will continue to be arrogant, tyrannical and irresponsible as long as there is no personal accountability for criminal conduct and incompetence.
Ranchers just need to protect their land the old fashioned way.
With a shotgun.
ANY agency of the government ought to be proscribed from creating ANY rule that affects tax payers. EVERY regulation enforced by a bureaucracy should be voted upon by Congress.
Legislative powers, according to Article I Section1 of the Constitution are vested COMPLETELY in Congress.
Just FYI, it is spelled “dissenters”.
I’m headed for a nap...
Excellent article, John. Thanks for highlighting this bureaucratic abuse.
The EPA presented a demand for turbidity water samples to a gold miner I know in Alaska in full Swat gear and with a physician in tow. Weapons drawn.
Shotgun should be replaced by land mines and mortar fire for any deterrent.
You don’t “rein in” a power that is illegitimately established and exerted. You eliminate it. When we talk about “the growth of government,” we are, basically, talking about the Executive branch of the government, which since the days of Wilson, has been steadfastly expanding and implementing it’s illegitimate, unconstitutional power over the American people. The EPA is just one of the many progressive tentacles that presently strangle, not secure, our sacred rights and freedoms.
It is way past time for the epa to be reined in.
As a landowner, this is close to my heart. How many people have the fortitude to fight the feds for two years? Big time kudos to Mr. Anderson. And then to see that his victory doesn’t seem to set the obvious precedent is maddening. Each and every case of such abuse would have to be hard fought?? Sickening.
More like Domestic Terrorists" (as opposed to the more recent shenanigans of the second BLM which are labeled "Free Speech"))
EPA is largely staffed by religious fanatics who believe in a utopian Gaia and will do most anything to impose that faith. The danger is that with the coming end of the Obama Administration, they could very easily ramp-up their regulations backed by Executive Orders and then sit back and watch the new Administration either accept or remove them. Removal will obviously be in the face of and at the objection of the multitude of ‘usual suspects’.
Pacific Legal is a great organization that fights out-of-control bureaucrats. Check them out.
They won. They dragged a citizen into court and they’ll do it again to another citizen or even the same citizen and they’ll get away with it. Period.
This is what Communist Russia did to land owners only it’s a slower process than simply starving them.
***You don’t “rein in” a power that is illegitimately established and exerted. You eliminate it. When we talk about “the growth of government,” we are, basically, talking about the Executive branch of the government, which since the days of Wilson, has been steadfastly expanding and implementing it’s illegitimate, unconstitutional power over the American people. The EPA is just one of the many progressive tentacles that presently strangle, not secure, our sacred rights and freedoms.***
Well said.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.