A federal judge has awarded more than $4.2 million to the estate of late Nevada rancher, Wayne Hage, ruling that the U.S. Forest Service committed a unconstitutional “taking” of his water rights during a decades-long dispute over livestock grazing on federal land. Calling the conflict a “drama worthy of a tragic opera”.
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Sphere: Related ContentBy Former Kansas State Trooper Greg Evensen
There can be absolutely no mistake when you read these compelling words from our Declaration of Independence. The founders had it absolutely right, they knew precisely what they were writing, and meant exactly what they wrote.
Sphere: Related Content“Law enforcement has absolutely no interest in tracking the locations of law-abiding citizens.” Or to state it another way, if you’re innocent you have nothing to worry about.
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