10th Amendment
The “How” of a Federal Land Transfer
Between the Cliven Bundy standoff and the Recapture Canyon protest, federal ownership of vast swaths of land within western states has come to the fore of public attention. Utah has been leading efforts to transfer federal land...
Property Rights
Federal Public Land Ownership in Utah—Feudalism vs. Federalism
In a throwback to English feudalism, the United States Government currently claims ownership of over 60% of Utah’s land mass and even higher portions of land in many other western states. The vast ownership and retention of land...