Federal land? Some Westerners say there's no such thing
Phil Taylor, E&E reporter
Greenwire: Wednesday, March 2, 2016
... Utah state Rep. Ken Ivory (R) ... In 2012 .. authored a bill .. demanding that the federal government turn over roughly 30 million acres of lands to Utah ...
Legal scholars say the United States is under no obligation to relinquish its lands to Utah or other Western states. In fact, the Supreme Court has ruled that the Constitution's property clause gives Congress power over federal lands "without limitations" ...
Nev. Assemblywoman Michele Fiore (R) ... last year sponsored a bill that would ban the federal government from owning lands in Nevada unless approved by the Legislature ...
According to <Angus> McIntosh, an adjunct professor at Texas A&M University, ranchers own "property rights" over the grass and other resources on public lands, so any federal grazing permits that restrict access to those rights are invalid ...
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