eagleye13 wrote:
This is a jury trial. Pray the jurers are not intimidated by the government.
The government ambushed and murdered LaVoy Finnicum
Eagleye, you write of two separate legal cases, Bundy's and Finicum's.
Let's address Finicum's cattle grazing issues on range land in his video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gXRZQOIogs&feature=youtu.beListen to LaVoy Finicum Speak. (Before he was Murdered by Our Government) A GREAT AMERICAN RANCHER
Finicum insists the range land is his land since he purchased the grazing rights from the Ballards. Finicum makes three legal references to historical law on range lands:
1) The US Constitution, Article I, Section 8, clause 17:
"To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases, whatsoever..." where LaVoy says that there are limited amounts of landmass the federal government can control... forts and ports for national defense and waterways... granted by the Constitution.
2) grazing rights established by "prior appropriation," called common law before the Constitution was written: "claim it, use it, defend it..." Rights formed prior the Bureau of Land Management being formed.
3) The Taylor Grazing Act of 1934, which (according to the ranchers today) transferred states range rights to the federal government due to the devastation from the Dust Bowl.
There were numerous laws passed by FD Roosevelt that were unconstitutional and prolonged the Great Depression where the federal government usurped too much power, such as the National Industrial Recovery Act, ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court when challenged by a chicken farmer. The Taylor Grazing Act of 1934, with its Amendments in 1936 and 1954, needs to be equally challenged as unconstitutional
IN COURT which the citizens of Utah are in the midst of doing by a class action lawsuit right now which the rowdy ranchers are sabotaging by their ridiculous demonstrations.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Grazing_Act_of_1934Wikipedia: The Taylor Grazing Act of 1934
"The Taylor Grazing Act of 1934[1] (Pub.L. 73–482) is a United States federal law that provides for the regulation of grazing on the public lands (excluding Alaska) to improve rangeland conditions and regulate their use.
"The law initially permitted 80,000,000 ac (32,000,000 ha) of previously unreserved public lands of the United States to be placed into grazing districts to be administered by the Department of the Interior. As amended, the law now sets no limit on the amount of lands in grazing districts. Currently, there are approximately 162,000,000 ac (65,600,000 ha) inside grazing allotments.
"These can be vacant, unappropriated, and unreserved land from public lands, all except for Alaska, national forests, parks, monuments, Indian reservations, railroad grant lands, and revested Coos Bay Wagon Road grant lands. Surrounding land owners may be granted right of passage over these districts. Permits are given for grazing privileges in the districts. Also permits can be given to build fences, reservoirs, and other improvements.
"The permittees are required to pay a fee, and the permit cannot exceed ten years but is renewable. Permits can be revoked because of severe drought or other natural disasters that deplete grazing lands."
"History
During the administration of President Herbert Hoover, it became clear that federal regulation of public land use was needed to address the root causes of the Dust Bowl.[2] Since vast portions were used for livestock grazing, the importance of range management loomed large.
"The advocacy of John Francis Deeds, Chief of the Agricultural Division of the Geological Survey and Deputy Director of the Department's Grazing Division, was influential in bringing about the benefits of the Taylor Grazing Act.
"Congressman Don B. Colton of Utah introduced a bill to create grazing districts, but the bill failed to pass the US Senate.[3] In 1933, Edward T. Taylor, a Representative from Colorado, reintroduced the Colton bill as the Taylor bill. This bill set up the grazing bureau, or service in the Department of Interior, to administer the range lands.[4]
The Grazing Service was merged with the General Land Office in 1946 to form the Bureau of Land Management."Case studies by Phillip O. Foss on the role of local grazing advisory committees established by the Taylor Grazing Act in regulating the grazing of livestock on federal public lands found that such committees were often dominated by the same ranchers and cattlemen whose activities were supposed to be regulated,[5][6][7] raising questions as to whether grazing regulation had been "captured" by the regulated interests.
"Amendments to 1934 Act
June 26, 1936 Public Law #74-827; 49 Statute 1976; H.R. 10094 Franklin D. Roosevelt Administration
May 28, 1954 Public Law #83-375; 68 Statute 151; H.R. 6186 Dwight D. Eisenhower Administration.
See also:
range war
Sheep Wars
The real question today that nobody is addressing is why does the Federal government keep acquiring more and more private land? Not only is the Bundy case a federal sting operation orchestrated by the BLM, according to the new court documents on the judge's conflict of interests emerging this week from the trial, it is increasingly apparent that the government is using these foolish ranchers to destroy the western state's class action lawsuit through a preemptive strike.
Choosing the best land management for range lands is not the objective, but the elimination of state borders altogether for the advancement of open borders under the proposed North American Union is the hidden agenda. President Obama has stacked the western courts with far-leftist judges who are oblivious to constitutional law and national sovereignty.