[MamaTexan]

He's right. The range rights given as an incentive to settle the West would be part of the conditions of the Deed contract signed by Bundy's forefather. These range, or land usage rights are inheritable, and the contract itself stipulates who the payment should be made to.

The fact the BLM tried to impair the obligation of this contract by stepping in the middle and demanding payment for the land based on a contract it was NOT a party to, is, itself, Unconstitutional.

Article 1, Section 10, Clause 1:
.......or Law impairing the Obligation of Contracts

Bills of attainder, ex post facto laws, and laws impairing the obligation of contracts, are contrary to the first principles of the social compact, and to every principle of sound legislation.
James Madison, Federalist #44

[TsonicTsunami08]

Thank You!

[crz]

Lady, there are some real smart people on here, and you are one.
I go at it this way. Since Art 1 Sec 8 the 17th, states specifically what the federal government is allowed to do, and if the state of Nevada passed in its constitution violating that clause-being the 17th enumerated power, then the states constitution is in, that part, unconstitutional. They must amend it.
So, your point, is another way to go at them.
We now have our constitutional crisis. Where the hell is Kevin Gutzman? He is the only one I might refer to in this matter.