So Cliven is not just a freeloading moocher who sucks at the .gov teat, he is also woefully under educated when it comes to understanding the legal arguments he has chosen to defend himself with....
The Irony of Cliven Bundy's Unconstitutional Stand - Matt Ford - The Atlantic
Admittedly, I never heard of the 'Paramount Allegiance' clause before either....
Seems as if the Mexican Cession occurred decades before his forebears settled there as well.... so much for 'preemptive'....
This guy is an asshat, and the mobilized militias are even worse....
Two decades after Nevada's founders proclaimed unswerving obedience to federal authority, Cliven Bundy's family first settled the land where he and his supporters now make their heavily armed stand against federal power. It's doubtful even the Nevada Constitution will change their minds—if legal and constitutional arguments could persuade the militia movement, there might not be a militia movement.