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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAmmon Bundy intended occupation to end up in civil court
http://www.sltrib.com/home/3872441-155/lawyers-ammon-bundy-intended-oregon-occupation"Defendant Ammon Bundy organized his fellow citizens in protest of the expansive and unsupported interpretation of the Constitution that purports to allow the federal government to own and control more territory, and exercise jurisdiction over more land in the Western States, than the States themselves," lawyers Lissa Casey and Mike Arnold wrote in the motion.
Because everyone knows no one who attempts to overthrow the government all by his little lonesome has any anti-government views, right?
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)and encourage others to come support you and they are anti-government, armed and take aim at Federal Agents and you don't tell your supporters to stop ... you pretty much foreclose on the chances of ending up in civil court.
DisgustipatedinCA
(12,530 posts)Coventina
(27,227 posts)cheapdate
(3,811 posts)David Fry was just a confused kid, and the Civil War was fought over "state's rights".
Iggo
(47,603 posts)Did he say it with a straight face?
Shrike47
(6,913 posts)It's no defense to felony murder that you didn't think your accomplice would use that gun to shoot anybody. Why would the purported reasoning help Bundy?
lpbk2713
(42,777 posts)Better think up a better defense than that guys.
csziggy
(34,141 posts)Maybe these dumbasses should learn a little history!
The full history of the refuge, its various parts and the executive orders and court cases involved are detailed in this report, beginning on page 10: http://www.fws.gov/uploadedFiles/Region_1/NWRS/Zone_2/Malheur/Documents/MalheurNWR_FCCP_chapter1.pdf
Not only the US Supreme Court but various Oregon courts have ruled and found in favor of the US government.