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Toot

Written by Phyllis Orrick on 2025-01-08 at 16:50

Thank you #johnleshy of #californialawsf

Utah’s powergrab.

"The state’s lawyers also fail to mention that Utah’s own Constitution, adopted in 1895 just before its admission to the union, declares that its people 'forever disclaim all right and title to the unappropriated public lands' within its borders.

"Last, Utah’s claim flies in the face of a string of post-Civil War Supreme Court decisions. In those rulings, the court has consistently found that Congress’s power over public lands under the property clause is, as the court put it in a unanimous decision in 1976, 'without limitations.' The title of one law review article succinctly framed Utah’s efforts this way: 'The battle to take ‘back’ lands that were never theirs.''”

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Descendants

Written by Phyllis Orrick on 2025-01-08 at 16:51

"Indeed, Utah’s own Office of Tourism has long celebrated what it calls its 'Mighty Five’ national parks and even trademarked the phrase. It tells would-be visitors in a promotion for the parks to 'expect your time spent outdoors to result in soul-awakening experiences.' Together, those parks — Zion, Bryce Canyon, Arches, Capitol Reef and Canyonlands — now attract around 10 million visitors annually. There can be no disputing that visitors to these and other national parks and monuments in Utah are huge contributors to the Utah economy."

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