I am really liking Ted Cruz A LOT.
Go Cruz!
Amen Ted
Cruz is over the target.
:-)
Ping.
quote “BLM is categorically not expanding Federal holdings along the Red River”
the KEY words there ... “not expanding”
the BLM believes they already have ownership of the land, and thus are “not expanding” the amount of land they are taking.
This is what happens when lawyers run out government.
Make us proud Ted, make us proud.
Hear that thunder in the background,,it’s the big guns,,and they are getting closer to BLM.
Thank you, Cruz!
RED RIVER BOUNDARY COMPACT
http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/R/RE008.html
“... Gov. George W. Bush of Texas signed the legislation into law on May 24, 1999; Gov. Frank Keating of Oklahoma followed suit on June 4.
Thus, the Red River Boundary Compact became the legal document establishing the permanent political boundary between Oklahoma and Texas. The compact declares the vegetation line along the south bank of the Red River extending on a line from the 100th Meridian east to Lake Texoma as the northern border of Texas. Land between the south bank and the meridian line of the river belongs to the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache tribes and is held in trust by the federal government. The riverbed north of the meridian line belongs to the state of Oklahoma. The lone exception to the south bank being the northern border of Texas is spelled out under Article II, Section b.1, which states that in the Texoma area the boundary extends from “the intersection of the vegetation line on the south bank with the east bank of Shawnee Creek.” The line, depicted by the characters (”-..-”) in the Lake Texoma Fishing and Boating Map, Number A353, continues to the foot of the Denison Dam....”
Doesn’t sound like there’s much land in the BLM’s hands.
This is a fine example why Ted Cruz was elected over Dewhurst.
Love it Ted.
"On what Constitutional grounds do you continue to own any of this land?"
An “off the charts brilliant” lawyer doesn’t ask questions to which he doesn’t already know the answers, therefore, Ted has set a trap for the BLM. I can’t wait to see what it is.
Cruz is brilliant in that he is able to move to the “core issue” almost immediately and put the government on the defensive with his direct questions.