Posted on 04/15/2014 6:58:19 AM PDT by smoothsailing
“they have also found that congress has supremacy over state legislatures”
Not exactly. Congress is subject to the Constitution and that document clearly gives delegated powers to the Fed Gov and the remainder is reserved to the States and the People.
Now, have we the balls to hold the bastards in DC’s feet to the fire?
Guess we shall see. See you in DC on May 16th?
But the conflict between Texas and OK should not include the BLM Booger Eating Bureaucraps.
They can go pound sand, we will deal with OK cordially. TX & OK only have open conflict on sports fields.
We are same people. Made of the same stuff.
That is what I remembered, no federal land in Texas but as sure as I said that someone would show up and correct me.LOL!
I was in Houston when the incident with the man in the wheel chair happened but sorry I must have missed it. How could I forget that? :)
Hi!
Looks like the big issue here is water control.
By the way, remember a couple of years ago when we had a drought and there were lots of fires in our state and federal help was refused to Texas?
The State of Texas delivered the deed to the Federal Government in September, 1943
and Big Bend National Park was officially established on June 12, 1944.
Texas never ceded any land to the Federal Gov’t when it became a state. All public land was retained by Texas.
Thanks for the report on Texas land situation and the feds. I also thought of the Indian Reservations in Texas. This may be a dumb question, but do the Indians actually own the land in their reservations or do the feds own them? The nearest one to me is out of Livingston, Texas.
GOD BLESS THE TEXAS RANGERS AND GOD BLESS TEXAS
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Ditto that. Wish all the State Governments would push back against Fezilla as much as Texas!
I see said the blind man. That's why DFW and Oklahoma have been court for 15 years over that OK water that DFW wants.
Way back then the OK GOP Guv made a deal with 3 tribes to sell the water to Texas, I think it was Kiamichi River water, but the OK lege didn't want to let Texas steal that water, so it all ended up in court.
And look at how things are connected. It was that water conflict with OK that set Boone Pickens in motion to develop those water rights up there in the panhandle as an alternative to the OK water.
The Supreme Court has rejected nullification, finding that under Article III of the Constitution, the power to declare federal laws unconstitutional has been delegated to the federal courts and that states do not have the authority to nullify federal law.
In practice, this means that if a state legislature refuses to enforce a federal law it deems unconstitutional, it must sue “The United States” in federal court. Who, of course, invariably back the US against the states.
Federal courts have even gone so far as to insist that they have supremacy over state legislatures, usually to demand that they spend money for things they do not wish to spend money on, usually education. If the state refuses to comply, the judge will then appoint a “special master” who will take charge of the state treasury for the purpose of paying for what the legislature refuses to pay for.
All in all, very unconstitutional, the lot of it.
The Indian Reservations are a mixed bag. The State orginally set aside land,
managed by the feds. Changes have occurred over time. A synopsis can be read here:
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/bpi01
> so what is this 90,000 acres of private land takeover all about
Your guess is as good as mine, but I’m certain it involves wickedness in high places.
Not much different from the antics of the feaudal Sheriff of Nottingham.
Sadly, I think you may be right. The states are just about my only remaining hope, and a good portion of them are already hopeless.
GOD BLESS TEXAS!
Gabby Johnson: The Sheriffs a N...
Crowd: What did he say?
Howard Johnson: He said the sheriff is near!
They stampeded the women and children, and raped the cattle!
Sad or not, it is necessary. We MUST defend the state sovereignty that is CONSTITUTIONAL and intended by the Founders. Otherwise, we are a completely different country altogether than the FF’s envisioned.
They can be federalized in a heartbeat. Eisenhower used that trick in Little Rock.
Sheriff's posse's however are not subject to that trick and until Sheriffs figure out that they have great power this stuff will continue. Bundy is a least trying to wake them up, but is not very adept at presenting the case.
All they need is a few sheriffs with the b@lls to do their Constitutional duty. Someone needs to school Sheriffs all over the country as to the power that they legally have.
In every TV show or movie they always show local authorities ceding their authority to any alphabet agency that shows up.
That's because the Fed is backed by the potential overwhelming military power of the U.S. Armed Forces. We have to do our best to MATCH these forces, no strings attached.
Remember what happened during desegregation in the 60's? Whatever else you think of Governor Wallace's views on segregation, he was absolutely CORRECT that the federal government had NO Constitutional authority to do what they did. And what are the sheriffs of a local area going to do when they are bullied by more superiorily armed guardsmen?
Like I said, the states are the last hope. I agree they need to stand up. Too bad so many have already capitulated.
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