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Tom McClintock: “I wonder when the Constitution grants to Congress the sole prerogative over the management of the public lands for the…”

On the recordDecember 13, 2017
I wonder when the Constitution grants to Congress the sole prerogative over the management of the public lands for the Congress then to cede such authority to the executive, I think is questionable constitutionally.
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Tom McClintock
Republican · California

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McClintock questions the constitutionality of Congress ceding authority over public lands to the executive branch.

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