Talking with a lawyer friend of mine who has dealt with BLM issues before, Bundy doesn't have much of a legal case. However if they killed the cattle (which I suspect was the point of this little game), now he has a HUGE case.
In short, they can take you cattle to auction to pay for back fees, but they can't just kill them.
If your friend hasn’t dealt with the BLM in Nevada, then he doesn’t understand the historically established grazing easement that Bundy holds - if he would argue his case based on Nevada grazing law, he would win. People get their undies in a bunch over paying fees or not paying fees...he owned the easement, by Nevada law, before the feds took possession of the land - the feds cannot charge a citizen to use an easement they already own. So far the case has been argued on the bases of the feds not having the right to own the land - his grazing easement is valid, even if the feds can own the land.
The BLM paid almost 1 million dollars to the contract cowboys from Utah to round up the cattle for a million dollar debt they claim is due - now that makes no sense. There is no question this is all about bullying and spite.
He's just parroting the corrupt gov said...Ya can't believe a word they say or allege. They've punished and harmed this guy and his family, just like they do with the rest of us tax slaves.
Big mismanaged corrupt government is losing it's tax base and they're ramping up to raise taxes, fees and fines on everything you do...
Desperate does not begin to describe this.
How else are the evil corrupt in D.C. government at all levels of government going to prop up their lottery style wages and those gold plated retirement pensions?