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First he writes:

“His legal case is problematic; the Bureau of Land Management certainly has jurisdiction over the federal lands on which his cattle graze.”

And later:

Bundy’s position on the federal government itself is unjustifiable. He stated in a recent interview: “I believe this is a sovereign state of Nevada. I abide by all of Nevada state laws. But I don’t recognize the United States government as even existing.” Obviously, the federal government does exist, and if the state of Nevada exists, it only does so because it was formed with the permission of the feds under the Constitution.

In fact, the Constitution of the of Nevada explicitly denies Bundy’s interpretation of the law: “no power exists in the people of this or any other State of the Federal Union to dissolve their connection therewith or perform any act tending to impair, subvert, or resist the Supreme Authority of the government of the United States.”

So Bundy’s wrong on the legal and constitutional merits of his anti-federal case. But he does represent a growing problem in the United States: the problem of a seemly omnipotent federal government running roughshod over local rights.

The whole thing is at Townhall: Why Bundy Ranch Is Just the Beginning