Arizona voters are going to get the chance to decide if they want to claim the right over just about everything within the state’s borders.
The Senate on Monday voted to put a question on the November ballot to declare that the state “declares its sovereign and exclusive authority and jurisdiction over the air, water, public lands, minerals, wildlife and other natural resources within its boundaries.” The only exceptions would be for lands the federal government is allowed to have, like military bases, as well as Indian reservations.
A similar version of HCR 2004 already has been approved by the House.
Proponents acknowledge the measure, if approved, is likely to result in litigation if the state seeks to take possession of other federal lands or seeks to override federal regulations with its own rules. But they said it could form the basis for a fight before the U.S. Supreme Court over the role of the federal government similar to the battle about federal health care reform.
Bingo6 posted at 5:22 am on Wed, May 2, 2012.
So, the insurrectionistas are at it again, sorry my loyalty is to country first, not to these extremists and low educated tea cracker radicals.
k33j88 posted at 5:31 am on Wed, May 2, 2012.
The federal govn't has far exceeded its Constitutionally mandated limitations for quite some time now. Seems like this may be our only option to save our republic.
Bingo6 posted at 8:19 am on Wed, May 2, 2012.
So your answer is to turn Arizona into a Banana Republican Dictatorship.
CSalafia posted at 9:43 am on Wed, May 2, 2012.
Sorry,
Article 4 of the US Constitution grants Congress the ultimate authority over Federal Lands.
American Socialist posted at 1:26 pm on Wed, May 2, 2012.
So Jan wants to be Dictator Brewer huh??
Funny...