What Does the Constitution Say About Federal Land Ownership?

The “Bundy stand-off” in Oregon at a federal wildlife refuge has triggered (or, rather, re-triggered) questions about the constitutionality of federal land ownership. Westerners in particular question why the federal
Conservative writers usually contended that, except for land held by permission of a host state as an “enclave,” the Constitution required the federal government to grant all in-state acreage to the respective state governments.
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Federal Land Retention and the Constitution’s Property Clause:
The Original Understanding
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