[DoodleDawg]

That the Fed Gov is prohibited from owning land which belongs to the state at the time of admission.

If a state doesn't become a state until it is admitted then how can it own land before then?

[Texas Fossil]

They were formed out of Territories. Before statehood they were territories. At statehood the territory within their borders became part of the state. No longer federal territory land.

I know there are those that site to the contrary and court cases to the contrary. But that does not solve the problem of direct conflict with wording of the Constitution.