With dramatic storytelling and hard-hitting facts, former Marine, Capitol Hill lawyer, and Reagan Administration official William Pendley puts human faces on Westerners' historic and often precedent-setting fights against big government.
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"The issues in this book not only remain unresolved, most can be found on the front pages of today's newspapers." -- Al Knight, Denver Post Columnist
Pendley does not just describe. He analyzes, explains, educates, especially in the arcane areas of the law. -- Professor Jack Stauder, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Pendley does not just describe. He analyzes, explains, educates, especially in the arcane areas of the law. -- Professor Jack Stauder, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
From the Inside Flap
Why Do Americans, and Particularly Westerners, Feel Less Free? What Happened to Our Constitutional Liberties and the Rule of Law?
Congress enacts ambiguous statutes demanded by radical groups; federal bureaucrats implement those laws as the groups demand; then, out-of-control activist judges, in lawsuits brought by those groups, interpret the laws as those groups insist. Meanwhile, others in Congress, the Executive, and the Judiciary do nothing!
The results are frustratingly infuriating, frightening, and flat wrong: John Shuler of Montana killed a grizzly bear in self-defense, then feds prosecuted him for eight years using the Endangered Species Act. Bobby Unser nearly died in a blizzard on a snowmobile trip, then feds charged him with the "crime" of accidentally entering a wilderness. John Bernt’s mining claims were voided when bureaucrats back-dated documents—then they and government lawyers and judges lied about it. Clinton officials demanded that western counties gerrymander voting districts to ensure election of minorities, then Bush lawyers joined in. Clinton closed millions of acres by designating them as monuments (and thus off-limits to humans) in violation of federal law—then Bush lawyers defended Clinton’s actions. Officials barred the public from federal lands American Indians call "sacred" while all signs of Judeo-Christian religion are forbidden.
With energy prices soaring, bureaucrats and judges closed gas-rich lands after some people said development would cause them "psychological harm." Congress orders the seizure of private land for recreation, but when land owners seek "just compensation," federal lawyers stonewall. With the Supreme Court on the verge of ending government racial quotas, Bush lawyers killed the case, ensuring decades of race-based politics. When Congress refused to stem the tide of illegal aliens, the ACLU and MALDEF sued to bar grassroots initiatives from protecting taxpayers.
In Warriors for the West: Fighting Bureaucrats,Radical Groups, and Liberal Judges on America’s Frontier, William Perry Pendley puts human faces on westerners’ historic and often precedentsetting fights against: • Environmental laws • "Lying and cheating" bureaucrats and their ethically challenged lawyers • Clinton’s attacks on logging, mining, and energy exploration • Government as a bullying bad neighbor • Criminalizing everything for "environmental protection" • Seizure of "private property" for "public use" without "just compensation" • And much,much more
No one escapes Pendley’s well-documented truth telling. All are held accountable: Congress, bureaucrats, extremist groups, and activist judges.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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A real eye-opener and great read,
By Lady Lawyer (Denver, CO) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Warriors for the West: Fighting Bureaucrats, Radical Groups, And Liberal Judges on America's Frontier (Hardcover)
This book is filled with interesting but very disturbing true stories of westerners (and others) who must fight in the courtroom to protect their liberties and rights guaranteed by federal law. Although the author is an attorney, he writes for lay audiences and makes a very compelling case that government is much too big and powerful and its lawyers do not care about justice. The willingness of ordinary Americans to go to court for years and years is inspiring. All of the book is very well documented. I recommend it most highly!
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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The Heart of America,
By PENN Grad "PENN Grad" (Jacksonville, NC) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Warriors for the West: Fighting Bureaucrats, Radical Groups, And Liberal Judges on America's Frontier (Hardcover)
This is a book that goes to the heart of the struggle for America as the founding fathers envisioned it. This book attacks the lies that radical left wing groups have been using for over a generation to scare the American people into inaction. This book shows us the real story behind the hype and media attention on environmental policy, affirmative action and public use. Mountain States Legal Foundation is the voice of the silent majority in America today.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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This guy really gets it,
By Webster (Ohio) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Warriors for the West: Fighting Bureaucrats, Radical Groups, And Liberal Judges on America's Frontier (Hardcover)
I consider myself a moderate in social issues and conservative on economic issues. This is a very relevant book. The author really understands how our government, at all levels, occasionally anoints itself with greater power than provided by the Constitution, to the detriment of regular citizens. It seems that this occurs more regularly in the West, where government controlled land abounds and political power falls below that of both coasts. The author, and the Foundation he heads, appear to have both the skills and mindset to stand up to the government and champion the rights of the rest of us. Good for them. Read and learn, and spread the word.
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