Originally Posted by siskiyous6
Originally Posted by Circles
Originally Posted by siskiyous6
The Constitution is clear - the Fed is not allowed to "own" lands.


Maybe I'm missing your point but it seems pretty clear the United States is allowed to own lands.

Article IV, Section 3
The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States;



That is within the context of admitting new states into the union.


So...it would apply to those states that entered the union after the Constitution was ratified? Like 37 of them?

Sycamore

Originally Posted by jorgeI
...Actually Sycamore, you are sort of right....