CAMPING ON GOVERNMENT (OUR) LAND
Escapees News Bulletin by Jim Koca, Advocacy Director As some Escapees are aware, a bill has been introduced in the United States Congress, HB 5204, entitled The Federal Lands Recreation Enhanceme...
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FunnyCamper wrote:
geez, lets see. it is for the people. to be for use only from the people.
Actually, that is the Gettysburg Address and Lincoln (not the founding fathers who wrote the Constitution) was talking about Government, not land.
The Constitution states: "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."
Land of the Louisiana Purchase was bought by the Federal Government. Land west of that was won in the Mexican-American War when Mexico ceded the land to the Federal Government. Not to states, not to people, not to corporations: to the Federal Government. And the Constitution allows the Feds to do what they want with the land. Some land, no one is allowed on. Some land, one can go on with permission. Some land, anyone can do what they want. The Fed makes that decision. Get over it.
