the right to bear arms and how it can be used to defend from big government

[Kasz216]

noname2200 said:

Kasz216 said:

Well that, and when Georgia and Virginia had to give up land to the Federal government it was ruled that the federal government can only hold land in trust for the formation of new states and not for any other reason, and must give that land to the state when formed.

Source? The closest I've heard of this is Pollard's Lessee, which only a minority of scholars have read it that broadly, with the general consensus, including the Supreme Court's, being that the ruling was far more narrow than that.

The general consesus... today.

That consesnus being that it only applies to the original 13 states.

Although the Equal Footing law you would think would disagree except for the odd Supreme court belief that it applies only to Soverinty laws and land that exists under water.  Even though extending it to land underwater aknowledges that it originally appled to land on the ground.

 

It's really quite a silly roundabout arguement that's kept more out of political convience then anything.  (So the federal government can make direct cash off of the resources.)

 

I mean, how you can makle the arguement that not holding soverinty over your land doesn't effect your states soverinty... I don't know.