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Federal government to take care of their mutual needs. if the federal government is monopolizing property that state could use for the citizen and freedom and their prosperpy and they're -- prosperity and they're not able to make use of the property in a way they'd like to, they should turn to federal government and say you're not upholding your obligation under the constitution and we're going to take the land back and use in a way to benefit the citizen and protects their rights. >> representative wimmer, i guess you need a battle chest for this one. you know that the feds will resist this t...

♪ ♪ >> love the intros, they're just terrific. legal showdown is brewing out west over state's rights with utah governor hubert authorizing the state use of eminent domain to seize the federal government most valuable real estate. now remember, eminent domain is right of government to take private property for public use. this will be the first time in american history a state is able to lay claim to federal land in this way. supporters now hope the legislation triggers similar bills throughout the west. here is utah state representative carl wimmer, cofounder of the national patrick henry...

But these are strange times we live in. this is not the first d state to stand up to federal government saying you overstepped the bounds or you haven't upheld the obligation as you have to state and citizen of the state. we're very much in favor of the states doing this kind of thing to push back. >> representative wimmer, we are going to put on the screen a map of the western part of the united states. if you start with california, you go to nevada and then to utah. the red shows how much of the state of utah is already owned by the federal government. now i know you can't see if from where ...

But these are strange times we live in. this is not the first d state to stand up to federal government saying you overstepped the bounds or you haven't upheld the obligation as you have to state and citizen of the state. we're very much in favor of the states doing this kind of thing to push back. >> representative wimmer, we are going to put on the screen a map of the western part of the united states. if you start with california, you go to nevada and then to utah. the red shows how much of the state of utah is already owned by the federal government. now i know you can't see if from where ...

♪ ♪ >> love the intros, they're just terrific. legal showdown is brewing out west over state's rights with utah governor hubert authorizing the state use of eminent domain to seize the federal government most valuable real estate. now remember, eminent domain is right of government to take private property for public use. this will be the first time in american history a state is able to lay claim to federal land in this way. supporters now hope the legislation triggers similar bills throughout the west. here is utah state representative carl wimmer, cofounder of the national patrick henry...