EPA Redraws Wyoming Boundaries, Puts Three Towns On Indian Land

by JASmius

Please, by all means, correct me if I'm off-base on any of this, but I seem to remember a constitutional process for this sort of thing whereby if a state's boundaries are to be altered, the state must first approve the change, then it must submit a formal request for same to Congress, which must also approve it.

Now I'm no legal beagle, but I don't think this looks anything like that process:

Three towns in Wyoming have been placed inside an America Indian reservation because the Environmental Protection Agency ignored an act of Congress and unilaterally redrew a Native American reservation's boundary line.

The move, which has outraged the state’s Governor and top politicians, potentially shifts jurisdiction for policing, taxing and other services to Indian tribes.

"Once again the Obama administration thinks it can ignore the law of the land when it suits their agenda," said Wyoming Republican Senator John Barrasso in a statement to Newsmax.

"Changes to the reservation boundaries were legally made in the early 1900s. These boundaries should be followed by all parties including the EPA and other agencies within the administration."

You know what I'm going to say next, right?  The Obama Regime "thinks it can ignore the law of the land when it suits their agenda" - and they would be right about that.

A brief history of this kerfuffle is available at the link.  Suffice it to say, Wyoming state officials repeatedly raised and communicated their concerns about just this outcome to the Environmental Protection Police, and got back static and crickets for their efforts.  And then, last month, the EPA simply imposed their illegal decision as a fait accompli without so much as an imperious comment.

Now Wyoming's governor, attorney general, and congressional delegation are swinging into action with....more letters raising and communicating their concerns.  Meanwhile, we cut to the chase with this little tidbit, which suggests that the EPA's illegal action is about a great deal more than air quality standards:

Tribal leaders have been critical of the governor's petition to stay the decision. In a letter sent to the mayor of Riverton, the Northern Arapahoe Business Council said they wanted to meet to discuss tax issues, as well as matters related to law enforcement, a clear sign they see EPA's decision reaching beyond the monitoring of air quality.

And the tribal leaders would be right about that.  This has all the hallmarks of the prototype leftwing "racial justice" power play, this time on behalf of the "red man," using the EPA as the cudgel and air quality as the pretext.  Also, isn't it interesting that the target is Wyoming, both a Republican-dominated state and the home of none other than the Left-hated Dick Cheney.  Think that's any coincidence?  That the law and the Constitution are trampled in the process is almost gravy, which, I suppose, would make for a savory and tasty tyrannical trifecta.

Maybe I should start taking bets on what illegal and unconstitutional evisceration the Obama Regime will vomit up next.  I could certainly use the income augmentation.