Utah's attorney general said Tuesday he's asked to file a lawsuit with the U.S. Supreme Court challenging a federal agency's control over vast tracts of public
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The legal action — considered a longshot attempt to assert state powers over U.S. Bureau of Land Management property — marks the latest jab in a long-running feud between states and the U.S. government over who should control huge swaths of the West and the enormous oil and gas, timber, and other resources they contain.The lawsuit seeks to assert state control over about half of that federal land — some 29,000 square miles , or an area nearly as large as South Carolina.
He said the federal dominance prevents the state from taxing those holdings or using eminent domain to develop critical infrastructure such as public roads and communication systems. "This is directly contrary to what they agreed to when they became a state," he said. The property clause of the Constitution also gives the federal government absolute authority over public lands, he said.
State leaders ultimately scaled down the original vision for a near-total federal land grab, opting to fight for just half of the federal land in the state. They say the parcels are being held by the Bureau of Land Management without designating a purpose.
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