The ocean is not public property, nor is my stock pond.
In Texas there is an unwritten understanding.
Leave us alone to live out lives in peace and we will get along fine, if that is not satisfactory we will deal with it.
That is almost like I feel about Washington DC. Leave us alone. OR ?
I might take up this discussion later when I have time. It’s an interesting one.
The Constitution provides, in Article 4, Section 3, Clause 2: The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State.
So that leads to the question of who controls the coastal waters, etc. It pretty much ends the debate about areas owned by the fed gov.