Even if what you say is true, its irrelevant. Its the government's land. They can use it for any legal purpose. They don't have to get this guy's consent to use their own land as they see fit.
It is not that simple as it seems. Bundy's family were the first European Americans to ever settle on that land, after defeating the Shoshone. The government used the services of that family to defeat the Indians. And in return, they were granted grazing rights to the whole area. How can the government take away something that was granted many years ago?
I would like to read the document that shows these grazing rights were granted free and forever. Link?
Edit: Also, was this document presented to the federal judge that ordered the cattle be seized?
I disagree with several of your statements thus far. Here are some rebuttals.
- All US territory within the continental United States belongs to either the US Federal Government or to a State government. International US military bases and US territories like Washington D.C. are Federally owned while the ranch in Nevada is State owned. The State of Nevada has an arrangement with the Federal Government allowing the Federal government to use that property. The State of Nevada retains ownership of that land, not the Federal government and the usage of that property is shared equally with those authorized by the State of Nevada to use the property.
His ranch is privately owned. The land the cattle was grazing on is publicly owned. You're the first person I've heard say that there is an arrangement between the feds and Nevada, to allow the federal government to use this land. Do you have a link to this agreement?
- The right to use this property has been upheld for 150 years by the State of Nevada; one authorized user of a property can't place a fee or excise on the use of that property by another authorized user; even when that other authorized user is the Federal government.
I find it hard to believe that the agreement (if there is one) granting the federal government rights to this property by Nevada, would also state that Bundy (by name) has authorization to use this land free of charge forever. Once again, no one apparently can produce either of these agreements.
- The land was settled by his family before the State of Nevada was entered into the Union. The lawful right to use that land is obvious, local history, and the court ruling which reversed 150 years of State history is unfair, unjust, and unlawful. The document you seek should be available at the Courthouse. The misplacement of that document by the Courthouse or custodians isn't enough to discount the existence of that document; especially when supported by 150 years of inter-family generational use.
Bundy, making the claim that he has the rights to free use forever of this land, has the burden of proving such an agreement. If he could do so, we would already have seen it. The lawful right to use that land is not obvious and apparently not recorded history. Whether the federal judge's ruling is unfair is a matter of opinion. For many years the Bundy's paid the fee. Why pay the fee if you don't owe it?
- I saw you mention "bad law" and would like to expand on that to prove "relevance". There's a difference between legal and lawful. The purpose of the Bill of Rights is to distinguish between what is legal, and what is lawful. The Constitution could not be more direct in this regard; unlawful laws are to be disobeyed without prejudice. If you read the notes and writings of our Founding Fathers regarding the Second Amendment, you'll find that disobeying unlawful law is a requirement for maintaining a US citizenship. Every US citizen of able mind and body is included in the definition and scope of the US militia; further, the Militia is bound by honor to take action when action is necessary in order to uphold the intent behind the Constitution and more specifically the Bill of Rights. By refusing to subject himself to the whims of the BLM he is acting lawfully within the Constitution.
Completely incorrect. The Collateral Bar Rule. It is not a defense to violating a court order that the court order was unconstitutional. The only way to challenge a court order that is believed to be unconstitutional is to appeal to a higher court. This is what Bundy should have done. It did not help his case, that he resorted to taking up arms and stating he refused to recognize all authority of the federal government. The notes of the Founding Fathers are not law.
- The Constitution was not written for lawyers, nor for scholarly debate among a few withering Supreme Court Justices. The Constitution was written for the common man. You're expected to have common sense, and the Constitution means just what a reasonable US citizen would interpret it to mean. The Bill of Rights is intentionally broad by design to provide sufficient protection (warning) against an exceptionally clever tyrant. The problems with the Constitution are those with the later Amendments where the intention was shifted towards disorienting and confusing the "reasonable US citizen" to allow for selective enforcement and profit.
Completely incorrect. The Constitution is not interpreted by a reasonable person standard. That's the standard for determining the duty of care in a negligence case lol. The Constitution means what the United States Supreme Court says it means, not what I or you say it means.
- The BLM is an enforcement agency under the Executive Branch, not a law-making agency under the Legislative Branch. Allowing an enforcement agency under the Executive Branch to create and enforce regulations under force of law is unconstitutional. The "laws" created by these organizations are extra-Constitutional and subject to the laws within the Constitution. The judges who uphold these extra-Constitutional laws are leeching the life away from our three branch system of government and are enablers to the collapse of our system.
Completely incorrect. Congress has the authority to delegate authority to the executive branch. This includes rule making authority. This delegation doctrine hasn't been challenged in quite some time, but every time it has been challenged it has been upheld as valid, as long as Congress lays out "intelligible standards" in which the executive agency must follow when it creates rules.
- This "rich old man" isn't stealing anything from the government anymore than the Native Americans "stole from the government". He has the right to forage this property and forage rights are of an indefinite term. The only way to get him out is with his consent and just compensation for any and all expenses incurred as the result of improvement or upkeep. The $1.1 million he "owes" the government isn't lawful as he has the right to use that property.
You can't just give somebody a right and then charge a fee for the lawful use of that right. That would be like the Federal government charging a fee to publish a news article, or a fee to exercise the right to a trial by jury. Property rights are a fundamental point to the Constitution, the Constitution was created to protect property rights specifically, among other things...
You're confusing fundamental rights under the Constitution with the rights stated in an alleged contract between the government and a private individual.
BTW, I think it's great when people challenge the conspiracy theories. However, challenging a theory requires the use of a scientific method...
When you mention specific sources and imply that those aren't reliable, and then claim that as a piece of supporting evidence for your disagreement about a conspiracy theory; it's no different than trusting the content word-for-word from a polarized opposite standpoint.
It doesn't provide anything of value to the debate unless you can support your opinion. If you disagree with any conspiracy theory, then I would challenge you to back up your opinion with verifiable evidence. If you don't contribute to the verifiable evidence behind a claim then you're acting as nothing more than another highly opinionated individual selling snake-oil.
"You might be crazy if you think they're after you, but you might not be wrong." -- Conspiracy is an attempt at solving an unknown by using a scientific method. Without a theory, you have nothing to test...
Nah. I have no interest in proving Fox News, infowars, world net daily, etc. aren't credible sources. That's already been proven by countless others. Whether you accept their proof or not, is up to you. I do.