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To: The Sons of Liberty

Except the government ownership preceded the states


95 posted on 04/11/2014 12:54:22 PM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... History is a process, not an event)
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To: bert
That would be the "Property Clause." Government ownership was restricted to "territories." Once a territory becomes a state, ownership of public land is transferred to the sovereign state. It is then conferred upon the state legislature whether or not to cede lands to federal control.

This is the clause upon which Bundy has stated his case.

99 posted on 04/11/2014 1:03:43 PM PDT by ponygirl (Be Breitbart.)
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