I understand that you're saying civil rights activists did things their way and it was peaceful. The Bundy guy is doing it his way. I see his cause as making plenty of sense.

States like Utah have clauses within their state constitutions (or other agreements with the Feds at the time of admission to the Union) that allow them to buy back the land from the feds. The Nevada constitution gave away their rights to the land. The BLM was selling lands back to various states very slowly but stopped. Several Presidents have issued Executive orders to grab land. In 2010, the Obama Administration had a memo leaked that described how Obama could issue an EO to grab additional millions in acreage using Teddy Roosevelt's Antiquities Act of 1906.

The Bundy ranch situation is about the spirit of the law. The spirit of the U.S. Constitution is to LIMIT federal powers. The climate for several decades has been to expand the feds power. The states that have tried to buy back their land from the feds will use this case to file multiple lawsuits.

Mr. Bundy has said multiple times that he is more than willing to pay the state or the county. He has done so in the past. He has not been spending his fees. He has been holding on to these fees for this point in time. If you read the court documents Mr. Bundy has not once stated that he refused to pay or was unable to pay. He has always stated that he will not pay the feds. He was very calculated in what he did and in what he is doing now. The issue of grazing rights, particularly with regards to the federal ownership of wastelands such as these has been an ongoing issue for decades. Bundy has been waiting for his opportunity to really go after this issue.

Federal authority is to be questioned more than it is to be accepted.