Reposted from the Las Vegas Review-Journal, by Jenny Wilson LAS VEGAS, NEVADA: A federal judge declared a mistrial Monday in the first Bunkerville standoff case, which targeted six men accused of conspiring with rancher Cliven Bundy to derail a court-ordered cattle seizure in 2014. The mistrial — an anticlimacticContinue Reading
According to John L. Smith, this week at the Nevada Bundy trial belongs to the defense. REPOSTED FROM NEVADA PUBLIC RADIO John L. Smith has been camping out at the federal courthouse in Las Vegas, covering the first of three trials related to a tense 2014 standoff between BunkervilleContinue Reading
Kieran Suckling, executive director of the Center for Biological Diversity, and environmental activist organization, leads Anti-Bundy protests in Las Vegas as the first Bunkerville trial begins. By JENNY WILSON — Reposted from the Las Vegas Review-Journal Constitutional issues took center stage Monday when the first trial in the caseContinue Reading
Agent in charge at Bunkerville, Nev., standoff is implicated in Burning Man investigation (Photo: John Locher/AP) According to a hot-off-the-press story in The Arizona Republic, An investigation accusing a federal agent of misconduct and ethics violations could derail one of the most high-profile land-use trials in modern Western history. Jury selection isContinue Reading
As the “Bundy” trials in Las Vegas are quickly approaching, we’re re-posting this article as a refresher about the original Bundy Standoff. The primary substantive content of this article was originally posted on The Pahvant Post in April, 2014. This article should also be supplemented by The Bundy RanchContinue Reading
The Bunkerville Standoff has come up in the Oregon Standoff Trial. For a short, nutshell video explanation of Bunkerville and underlying issues with the BLM, this is a good place to start, followed by the Vin Suprenowicz article in RANGE magazine, Summer 2014.Continue Reading
Since what happened in Bunkerville has become an issue in the Oregon Standoff Trial, for those who are interested in a more in-depth treatment, including the deep background leading up to it, this is something worth considering. This presentation was given by Bill Norton with the Center for Self Governance.Continue Reading
This weekend marks the one-year anniversary of the Bundy Stand-off. Before republishing our original piece about the Stand-off, below, we’re going to make some quick observations about what has happened since then, and where things stand at this point. Probably the best place to start that discussion is by comparingContinue Reading
Background The Cliven Bundy family actively ranches in the harsh conditions of the deserts of Southeast Nevada where their family has operated for at least six generations (use of the phrase “have been” has been avoided because at this point, the future looks brighter, and it does not appear thatContinue Reading
