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| President Trump pardons Oregon cattle ranchers convicted of arson |
| 2018-07-10 |
| [USA Today] President Donald Trump on Tuesday pardoned father-and-son cattle ranchers serving prison time for arson, in a case that helped inspire the armed occupation of a federal wildlife refuge in 2016. Dwight Hammond, Jr., and his son, Steven Hammond, were convicted of starting two fires in 2001 and 2006 that damaged federal lands. But the White House said Tuesday that the evidence against them was "conflicting," and noted that the jury acquitted them on most of the charges. The Hammonds were initially given sentences of three months to a year. But Trump blamed the Obama administration for filing an "overzealous appeal" because the judge's sentence was too lenient under federal sentencing guidelines. That appeal sent the Hammonds back to prison. |
| Posted by:DarthVader |
| #7 The 1930's Dust Bowl shows what happens when farming is done inappropriately. Nobody would be allowed or attempt to farm that way anymore, except maybe some ignorant peon. No, wait... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2018-07-10 16:18 |
| #6 The "federal land" in the old Northwest Territory was partly / mostly sold off, acre by acre, to those who wanted to pay for it. Some of the land was granted to the states, and some was kept by the feds, e.g. military bases. Land sales provided much federal income during those years. In later years some land all over the USA was given away through laws like the Homestead Act. I don't have all the statistics. Go to your local register of deeds & search their index for "U.S" as "grantor" if you want to see how much land in your county was sold by the feds direct to individuals or transferred through legal homesteading. It was not an issue of the states simply getting ownership all the land compromising their territory, free of charge from the feds. Much land in the arid west is useless for building homes on (no jobs or other nearby settlements). The 1930's Dust Bowl shows what happens when farming is done inappropriately. Much of that land has reverted to things like National Grasslands. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2018-07-10 16:03 |
| #5 Well, the Army as most of those manning the forts were infantry. Note well though, that the Army did a good bit of fighting (losing and winning) in the old Northwest Territory up through the last family feud with the old Mother Country that ended in December 1814. Ohio, Michigan, Indiana kept most of the land, not Washington DC. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2018-07-10 15:12 |
| #4 Going to guess Trump's pardons will be at the bottom of the "recidivist" list. Unlike some of bathhouse Barry's who recidivated (yeah, I know, not a word, but I like it) as soon as they possibly could. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2018-07-10 14:41 |
| #3 Why is so much land west of the Mississippi owned by the federal government Cause it's the US Cavalry conquered that land from the Indians, P2K? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-07-10 14:26 |
| #2 Why is so much land west of the Mississippi owned by the federal government and not reverted to their states? You think the eastern states would have tolerated that much holding by the national government? Outside the original 13 states, all those were once under federal control. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2018-07-10 14:22 |
| #1 Tip for Dwight and Steven, if you even see a match... walk the other way. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-07-10 12:28 |
