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re: BLM to attempt to seize private land in Texas/Okla
Posted on 4/22/14 at 10:46 am to cokebottleag
Posted on 4/22/14 at 10:46 am to cokebottleag
I expect Texas to put up a fight while Oklahoma cowers in the corner.
Posted on 4/22/14 at 10:48 am to heartbreakTiger
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In 1922, the U.S. Supreme Court attempted to settle the boundary dispute in Oklahoma v. Texas and declared the boundary to be defined by wooden stakes set on the river bank. That boundary apparently lasted no longer than anyone could expect wooden stakes to last in the shifting sands of a meandering river. In 2000, Texas and Oklahoma’s legislatures agreed to a “Red River Boundary Compact” which defined the border between the states as the southern vegetation line. However, Congress must ratify agreements of this kind between the states according to Article 1, Section 10 (Clause 3) of the U.S. Constitution. Congressman Thornberry introduced House Joint Resolution 72 during the 106th Congress to codify the compact into U.S. Law.
The matter became somewhat of a national question drawing the attention of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, “The U.S. Supreme Court has tried twice to settle this dispute, which at one point brought the governor of Oklahoma to the border in a tank…However, true to the slogan 'One Riot, One Ranger,' the good governor of Oklahoma and his tank was held off by a lone Texas Ranger on his horse."
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This post was edited on 4/22/14 at 10:50 am
Posted on 4/22/14 at 2:42 pm to heartbreakTiger
I don't know. Okies like their freedom. They'll put a boot in your arse, its the American way.
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