What happened to AB408 in Nevada
The left does this in every state. Our Republic is almost gone.
Get ready for the worst tyranny ever in the history of the world.
Clint and Judy --
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You've likely seen
the outrageous "fraud" allegation in the Salt Lake Tribune Headline yesterday.
Now you can hear both sides from the Trib Talk interview
today.
Learn the real
story about the Dark Money DC political attack group that claims -- without ever
talking to the counties -- that the counties were "defrauded" because the
counties themselves formed, and support, an organization, the American Lands Council, to combine their strength and fight
for better access, better health, and better
productivity for their public lands.
Below is the official press release by the American Lands Council, followed by the Trib Talk interview given by Ken Ivory yesterday. Thank you for your continued support!
PRESS RELEASE
FOR RELEASE: JUNE 1, 2015 FROM: AMERICAN LANDS COUNCIL BOARD OF DIRECTORS RE: FALSE ACCUSATIONS AGAINST KEN IVORY
This week a
slanderous attack was levied against American Lands Council (ALC) President Ken
Ivory by a mysterious new group seeking to derail our mission of transferring
federal public lands to willing states. In an orchestrated publicity stunt, the
group filed consumer complaints alleging that ALC's efforts to discuss with and
educate the public about state control of public land is somehow,"fraudulent."
Ironically they allege this while simultaneously issuing a press release touting
unfounded and inaccurate claims about Ken Ivory, ALC and our
supporters.
"There are those who would like to silence our organization and deny the public the opportunity to discuss critical issues regarding ownership and management of public lands." said Kane County, UT Commissioner Doug Heaton who is a founding member of the American Lands Council. "The economic, legal, and environmental case for transferring public lands to the states is so strong that hundreds of elected officials have joined our efforts to improve access, health, and productivity on public lands through local control, and nearly every state in the west has introduced transfer of public lands related legislation. Some states have called for the transfer and others are studying it. Even eastern states are coming on board." Recently, key members of Congress formed a "Federal Land Action Group" to map out a path for transferring federal land to willing states, noting, "The federal government has been a lousy landlord for western states and we simply think the states can do better." The American Lands Council was established in 2012 by County Commissioners and State Legislators who share the goal of achieving more thoughtful, accountable, and locally driven stewardship to improve public access, environmental health, and economic productivity on public lands. As for the personal attacks on Ivory, Heaton surmised, "That is the low road the opposition seems to prefer, but it's nothing more than another deceptive publicity stunt. Ken Ivory is a man of impeccable integrity, an unfailing advocate of liberty, and a brilliant legal mind. We are blessed to have him leading this effort because better management of our public lands truly will benefit our counties, states, and our nation as whole." Ivory brushed it off as "desperate bullying." "These types of organizations have just destroyed Western public lands through this kind of litigation and bullying tactics," he said. "They're so afraid of the success that the transfer of public lands movement is having that they're stooping to these kinds of bullying tactics because they can't tolerate basic political debate." Ivory successfully sponsored Utah's Transfer of Public Lands Act which passed into law in 2012. The policy has garnered endorsements from the National Association of Counties and a variety of state and local governments, as well as other organizations who have studied the issue.
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The fundamental principle applicable to all cases of this sort, would seem to be, that where the end is required, the means are given; and where the duty is enjoined, the ability to perform it is contemplated to exist on the part of the functionaries to whom it is entrusted. The [fugitive slave] clause is found in the national Constitution, and not in that of any state. It does not point out any state functionaries, or any state action to carry its provisions into effect. The states cannot, therefore, be compelled to enforce them; and it might well be deemed an unconstitutional exercise of the power of interpretation, to insist that the states are bound to provide means to carry into effect the duties of the national government, nowhere delegated or instrusted to them by the Constitution.Three more major SCOTUS decision built on the Story’s doctrine.
And in the 2012 case, National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, the Supreme Court ruled that a significant expansion of Medicaid, was not a valid exercise of Congress’s spending power, as it would coerce states to either accept the expansion or risk losing existing Medicaid funding.The Federal Government may neither issue directives requiring the States to address particular problems, nor command the States’ officers, or those of their political subdivisions, to administer or enforce a federal regulatory program. It matters not whether policymaking is involved, and no case-by-case weighing of the burdens or benefits is necessary; such commands are fundamentally incompatible with our constitutional system of dual sovereignty.