Ask him who that land is held for, under what, and who manages it. All unconstitutional.
So, if that land is held as a trust, for the American people, and it is managed by the BLM. Then is it held for the Bundys since they are American?
If I were the Judge in this case, and as the Bundys say, that they own that land. I would say. OK, then since 1993 you owe taxes on that land to your state/local government. If you pay an average of those years taxes by said date, then you will get clear title to that land.
But a Judge cant do that..because it is considered BLM land. Question then becomes, who the hells land is it? Answer, if the state of Nevada never gave that land to the federal government, then it is the state of Nevadas land. If not Nevada, then the people.
“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”
Did Bundy claim to own the land? I hadn’t seen or heard that. I think he’s just claiming the right to use it. He should use eminent domain to claim it and then he would own it. Then the state could rightfully impose a property tax.
The problem with that logic is that the federal government purchased the land from Mexico 16 years before Nevada became a state. When Nevada did become a state, it disclaimed all right and title to the land.