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JimBlue wrote:
However, the Feds have done a number of things, and enforced it, that they are not authorized by the U.S. Constitution.
I have watched a number of politicians on television misquote the founders on a number of things.
Sometimes the courts agree with the feds altering what is allowed and not allowed.
AnotherKevin wrote:
Agreed. Nevertheless, the enumerated powers are not entirely a dead letter. Simply saying that Federal law trumps State law in all things would say that the States are a quaint historic aberration but have no real existence politically.JimBlue wrote:
However, the Feds have done a number of things, and enforced it, that they are not authorized by the U.S. Constitution.
I have watched a number of politicians on television misquote the founders on a number of things.
Sometimes the courts agree with the feds altering what is allowed and not allowed.
Exercising eminent domain against a State government would be (as far as I am aware) unprecedented, and would surely trigger intensive Constitutional inquiry. The case would be in the courts for years. Most likely, the infinitely elastic Commerce Clause would be involved - and the conclusion would be that hikers arriving from New Hampshire are engaged in interstate commerce, triggering Federal jurisdiction. (The Commerce Clause can be construed to cover virtually anything!) The political branches would surely be involved as well, since any decision would have profound public policy implications.
Rasty wrote:
If Baxter is real state park then I can't be barred from access like some town lake. If Baxter isn't a state park then it's free game as far as federal imminent domain is concerned. Which is it?
JimBlue wrote:
If it isn't a state park, the name is incorrect. From what has been said here, and what I have read online elsewhere, it is more of a private nature preserve apparently run by the State of Maine as if it were a state park. And yet, it isn't a state park.
AnotherKevin wrote:
Carmack. Conceded.
Now, what act of Congress grants the Federal government condemnation authority regarding the Appalachian Trail?
16 USC 1246 (g) permits condemnation of private (but not government) lands.
16 USC 1246 (e) (2) (ii) permits acquisition of Trail corridor lands from State and local government entities by the consent of those entities, and presumably not without their consent.
AnotherKevin wrote:
The Executive Branch still can't do anything without an enabling Act of Congress. Which Act enables the condemnation you contemplate?
socks wrote:
Donald Trump could straighten all this out...."You'er Fired"
JimBlue wrote:
However, the Feds have done a number of things, and enforced it, that they are not authorized by the U.S. Constitution.AnotherKevin wrote:
Or perhaps you should have stayed awake.The Constitution, article 6, clause 2:JimBlue wrote:
Fed Law trumps State Law. I know a number of present day politicians and talking head pundits on tv say something else, but they are totally wrong. They should have stayed awake in high school government/civics class.
This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the constitution or laws of any state to the contrary notwithstanding. (Emphasis added.)
To that extent, you are correct that Federal law is the supreme law of the land. Nevertheless, the Federal government may not legislate beyond the powers granted to it by the States in Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution. often called the enumerated powers. Laws made beyond the enumerated powers are void and of no force.
Alexander Hamilton (Federalist 33), explaining Article 6:
But it will not follow from this doctrine that acts of the large society which are not pursuant to its constitutional powers, but which are invasions of the residuary authorities of the smaller societies, will become the supreme law of the land. These will be merely acts of usurpation, and will deserve to be treated as such.
One of the most recent applications of this principle was the overturning of the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990 in United States v. Alfonso D. Lopez, Jr., 514 U.S. 549 (1995). In that case the Court held that a Federal law regulating the carrying of handguns near schools was not passed pursuant to any of the powers of the Congress enumerated in Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution, and was therefore void. The Federal government still has limits on its power.
I have watched a number of politicians on television misquote the founders on a number of things.
Sometimes the courts agree with the feds altering what is allowed and not allowed.
JimBlue wrote:
Texas can seceed... the US Congress made Texas put it in Texas law. Texas just chose a bad time to do it the last time they tried. And Texas can split into 5 states. Also forced on them by the US Congress in 1845. All they have to do it is do it, already approved.socks wrote:
Maybe Texas and Maine could get together and form there own Country...and a trail connecting the two. Call it the "Show me your nuts trail"hikerboy wrote:
I think maine would secede from the union if that were to happen.
Not all Texans are crazy. At least I'm not, and my other personalities agree with me...
odd man out wrote:
Sounds like we should all move to Sweden where the right to access land (public and private) is guaranteed in its constitution. Of course that would suck for all those Americans who like to put up "No Trespassing" signs.
Allemansrätten
Da Wolf wrote:
where's birdbrain? he's very vocal on WB and FB. so biased and maine entitled
jimmyjam wrote:
I saw where Jennifer Pharr Davis is now on the ATC board.
max.patch wrote:
i really like JPD but i think this is a serious mistake.jimmyjam wrote:
I saw where Jennifer Pharr Davis is now on the ATC board.
Da Wolf wrote:
me, warren and b. jack should be on the ATC board
CoachLou wrote:
Da Wolf wrote:
me, warren and b. jack should be on the ATC board
Da Wolf wrote:
me, warren and b. jack should be on the ATC board