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Frank DuBois. A 2010 Pentagon directive on military support to civilian authorities details what critics say is a troubling policy that envisions the Obama administration’s potential use of military force against Americans. The directive contains noncontroversial provisions on support to civilian fire and emergency services, special events and the domestic use of the Army Corps […]
Today, House Agriculture Committee Chairman K. Michael Conaway (R‑TX) spoke in support of H.R. 1732, the Regulatory Integrity Act of 2015. The bill, which would force the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers to stop moving forward with the proposed “Waters of the United States” rule, passed the House by a […]
A “Sagebrush Rebellion” like the one that propelled Ronald Reagan (“Count me in as a [sagebrush] rebel.”) into the Oval Office is making national news because President Obama governs like President Carter. Obama’s Interior Secretary, for example, threatens more unilateral land lockup decrees if westerners do not embrace legislation putting vast areas off-limits to “multiple […]
“Here We Stand, At The Twilight’s Last Gleaming” These words are written past the midnight hour and I remember back to March 23, 2010 when Obamacare was signed into law at the 11th hour. I remember it well; I was up almost all night, as it was around 11 pm that it was finished. Never […]
FA Note — This action by the Klamath Tribes, under authority of the Upper Klamath Basin Comprehensive Agreement (UKBCA), highlights what is likely in Montanan’s future, via the Consolidated Salish and Kootenai Tribes water compact signed into law last week. Klamath Tribes Chairman Don Gentry Water shutoffs could begin as early as next week. Since […]
Opponents of the Flathead tribal water rights compact listen to testimony against the compact at a 10-hour hearing Saturday before the House Judiciary Committee at the Capitol. From left, in the front row, are Rep. Nancy Ballance, R‑Hamilton; Helena attorney Jon Metropoulos, who represents both on- and off-reservation landowners, and Jerry Laskody of St. Ignatius. […]
FA Note: The proposed CSKT (Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes) Compact involves a lot of constitutional and legal issues, including taking existing off-reservation water rights from thousands of irrigators, family farms, and other legitimate water rights holders, and granting them to the tribes. Below is one testimony submitted at a legislative hearing April 11 in […]
Editor’s Note: The following research and commentary shows just how far the federal government is willing to go. With the help of the EPA and State legislators they are aggressively chipping away at private property rights in America and as you’ll see from Jeremiah Johnson’s report below, they are starting with our most precious resource […]
The 8th Cir Court of Appeals gave Pacific Legal Foundation a resounding victory today in Hawkes v Corps. A unanimous three-judge panel held a Corps of Engineers’ Jurisdictional Determination (i.e. wetlands delineation) is immediately reviewable in court and subject to challenge. For decades, the courts have used a legal fiction to deny citizens the right […]
CBS San Francisco, 5KPIX video — Despite Drought, Plenty of Gallons Needed to Grow California’s Crops Gov. Jerry Brown of California is fired up about nailing his citizens to the wall, should they dare to use more than their allotted amount of water. On Sunday, Brown said that those who did not take shorter showers would […]
“By nearly all accounts, our federal lands are in trouble, both in terms of fiscal performance and environmental stewardship.” That was an assertion made earlier this month in a study released by the Property and Environment Research Center (PERC). The study focused on the difference between state-managed public lands and federally managed public lands. The […]
Greetings and Salutations, readers! My Nome de Guerre in the battle for truth and objective journalism is Jeremiah Johnson. I hope to pique your interest with a Montana issue that, regardless of the outcome, will have severe ramifications and set a precedent nationwide. This article covers the CSKT (Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes) proposed water-rights […]
The Supreme Court may decide as soon as Monday to review a high-profile case on whether an Army Corps of Engineers determination that property qualifies for Clean Water Act protections can be challenged in court. In Kent Recycling Services LLC v. Army Corps of Engineers, the justices are presented with the question of whether a corps […]
FA Note: This article provides background for the subsequent post, “CSKT Compact Breaches State Sovereignty”. Agenda 21, Section II. CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT OF RESOURCES FOR DEVELOPMENT, calls for control of ALL natural resources by the UN’s Department of Sustainable Deveopment, through local indigenous peoples, as with the ongoing efforts to remove all four Klamath River […]
Note: our heartfelt thanks to former Senator Verdell Jackson, an outspoken critic of the CSKT water compact for this article that will be sent out to all legislators and newspapers throughout the state. by Verdell Jackson, Kalispell Ten thousand water claims ready to be filed by the CSKT has been an effective threat for the proponents […]
An Agenda 21 bill in Montana was rejected by lawmakers earlier this week. The bill was reportedly designed to protect property rights and states rights from the dictates and regulations in the non-binding United Nations plan. The Montana Agenda 21 bill was sponsored by Sun River Republican Randy Pinocci. House Bill 583 failed by just […]
Litigation Seeks to Protect the American Form of Government In a result oriented decision, Alameda County Superior Court Judge Evelio Grillo ruled against Freedom Advocates and others in the war over protecting Cities and Counties from a transformation of local government (One Bay Area). The new form of government in the San Francisco Bay Area […]
When Congress passed the Clean Water Act in 1972, it was exercising its power to regulate interstate commerce by prohibiting discharges into the nation’s “navigable waters.” If a body of water could be used to transport goods from one state to another, it was covered by the Act. Like so many other statutes enacted over the […]
FA Note: This Op-Ed appeared in the Wall Street Journal December 7, 2014. The authors are Reed Hopper and Todd Gaziano, with Pacific Legal Foundation. The EPA wants to redefine ‘the waters of the United States’ to mean virtually any wet spot in the country. Getty Images Earlier this year the Environmental Protection Agency and […]
FA NOTE: Common Core? — The Brainwashing of Kids to Accept Water Scarcity SAN BERNARDINO CALIFORNIA— The San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools’ Regional Occupational Program has received a $35,000 grant to support new high school classes that address water issues in California. The programs are expected to develop new standards-based model curriculum that promote […]
FA Note: Around the world water is being collectivized through “privatization”. The goal is to get water out of the hands of individuals. Control the water – control the people. Via centralized water people will be forced to live where and how those in control desire. Centralization of water means you will live where you […]
William Perry Pendley, President, Mountain States Legal Foundation ANALYSIS/OPINION In November, comments closed on a proposal by the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to redefine “waters of the United States,” as set forth in the Clean Water Act of 1977. While Sen. Edmund Muskie, Maine Democrat, author of the 1977 […]
I think at a certain point one has to understand that globalization amounts to treason. These greedy Vichy politicians we have in Washington need to be removed before they hand over everything in the country that isn’t nailed to the floor. This is Tonto National Forest. It is yours. It is this country’s fifth largest forest and […]
Insatiable – that would seem to be the word that best describes the appetite of some in Congress and their friends in the environmental community. Congress has added over 450 pages to the defense authorization bill to designate wilderness, create new parks, designate Wild and Scenic Rivers and fund National Heritage areas – things that have […]
Sustainable Development is the blueprint being used across America and around the world to implement the United Nations Agenda 21 Programme.
