[Shadowstrike]

I’ll answer in two words.

Martial Law.

Once declared everything can be ‘suspended’. For the good of the Country don’t ya know.

[autumnraine]

And under Executive Order (that has not been rescinded), the Feds can sieze your water supply on your land if the nation is under martial law. I remember reading about that when Clinton signed it. The Federal Government, by EO, established that under martial law, they have mineral rights to any property in the United States.