Commandeering a Wildlife Refuge

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The case and surrounding issues point to [A] the nature of the United States after the Civil War and its effect on the formation and admission of 'states' to the Union after the Civil War and

Note: with the exception of the State of California and the State of Texas (easily explained in a legal sense mainly to do with their status upon "Annexation" or acquisition by the United States and the laws of conquest--the governor of California is the commander in chief of the armed forces of California), there is a great % of Federal land-ownership for any state admitted to the Union after the Civil War.

[B] also to why the Federal Government holds on to lands and the connection with to the alleged public debt of the United States.

Related:

• Oregon Country
• History of the National Park Service (begins ca. 1872
• Imbalance of Federal Land Ownership Sheds Light on Oregon Militia
• What percentage of each state is owned by the federal government?
  

  From the comments of the above Related link: "The federal govt. EPA started under Nixon controls this land. Nixon also took the US off the gold standard. These 'federal' lands are collateral to back the US dollar."