The Amount of
Land Obama Has Seized For the Feds Will Astound You
President Barack Obama has
seized more land for the federal government than any other president in
American history. To date, he has unilaterally taken over 260 million acres of
land and water, giving control and ownership over to the feds.
The worst part of it all?
Obama’s grand seizure is technically legal, at least according to the Antiquities Act of
1906, which
provides the executive office expansive authority by presidential
proclamation.
Section
2 of the law states: The
President of the United States is authorized, in his discretion, to declare by
public proclamation historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures,
and other objects of historic or scientific interest that are situated upon the
lands owned or controlled by the Government of the United States to be national
monuments, and may reserve as a part thereof parcels of land, the limits of
which in all cases shall be confined to the smallest area compatible with
proper care and management of the objects to be protected. The key
phrase here is “in his discretion,” meaning that the president can personally
decide how and where to exercise the full power of the law.
On Friday, Obama wielded
this power once again, designating over 1.8 million acres of California lands
as federally-protected lands. In doing so, the president artificially created
three “national monuments:” Sand to Snow, Mojave Trails, and Castle Mountains.
“The new monuments will connect three existing sites — Death Valley and Joshua
Tree national parks and the Mojave National Preserve — to create the
second-largest desert preserve in the world,” reports The Washington Post.
Obama isn’t finished,
though. There is no limit to this president’s hubris. The man wants to make a
legacy for himself, however destructive. That’s why he’s pushing for more federal
land seizures.
“We have big, big ambitions
this year, so let’s see what happens,” states the managing director of the White House Council on Environmental
Quality, Christy Goldfuss.
The phrase “abuse of power”
comes to mind, but even that’s an understatement. The Antiquities Act was never
meant to be used this recklessly. While the controversial law has sparked
robust debate since its inception, only one other executive office holder has
abused this piece of legislation. You’ll never guess who. Or maybe you will.
Hint: He was the father of American Leftism, hell bent on expanding the
absolute power of the fed. The Post explains:
The
act is among the most powerful tools at any president’s disposal. Franklin D.
Roosevelt invoked the law more than any president in history; Harold L. Ickes,
his interior secretary, kept a pile of potential national-monument declarations
in a desk and pulled them out whenever Roosevelt was in a good mood.
How far Obama will stretch
his arm through executive overreach is anybody’s guess. One thing is certain
though. This isn’t a lame duck president. President Obama may seize more land
for the federal government in his last year at the White House than what has
hitherto been conceivable.
Comments
The US
Constitution (as written) forbids the federal government from owning land
beyond what it needs to perform its “enumerated powers”. If the Feds want to retain this
unconstitutional practice, the US Constitution requires that Congress pass an
Amendment and send it to the States for ratification.
Western
states are resisting these federal land grabs with lawsuits. Banning UN Agenda 21 implementation in these
states would also help stop the “wilding project” that requires the government
to take over 90% of the US land mass.
The Feds already occupy over 30% of the US land mass. We’ve seen the
Feds attack, file suits, issue fines and close countless ranches, farms,
fisheries and other private businesses over the past 8 years. This has got to stop.
Like all
unconstitutional practices, the Feds do a miserable job of “overseeing” their
land and usurped functions. Forest fires
are an annual event, because they do not clear the forest floor from brush, so
every summer we have massive forest fires.
The Feds have also screwed up healthcare, education and everything else
they try to do. The Feds find the most expensive ways to screw up
responsibilities that rightly belong to the “States and the People”.
Norb
Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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