[Tailback]

US Constitution Article 1, section 8

and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings

Unless those federal lands have forts, arsenals, or dock yards, what part of the constitution does the federal government not understand?

[Sherman Logan]

all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State

Most, if not all, federal land out west was not "purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State."

US title dates from before the State existed, and indeed from before it was a territory. The US simply retained title after the State was created, as it did in all states. Except Texas. And come to think of it, I guess Hawaii.

[Rodamala]

...and I wonder what the purchase price was for these lands... or if this purchase was in compliance with 5A provisions.