GDG- Re: NP jurisdiction is Federal not State?

[Margaret D. Blough]

It was an analogy, Dave.  I wasn't saying that the state has jurisdiction over federal property, only that a governmental unit, regardless of the level, that requires a license to engage in an activity will take action if someone engages in that activity without a license.  

Regards,

Margaret

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From: DShultz180 at aol.com 

> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes: 
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> > <> > I engaged in the practice of law or a doctor engaged in the practice of 
> > medicine without a license.>> 
> > 
> I'm curious to know why the state of Pennsylvania would prosecute someone for 
> allegedly breaking Federal law on Federal property? I am a (part time) 
> California Sate Park Ranger working Huntington and Bolsa Chica State Beaches. We 
> are 
> west of Pacific Coast Highway. We have no jurisdiction whatsoever on the 
> Federal Preserve directly east of and across the highway from us, just as the 
> NPS officers do not on state land. The state takes care of state issues only. 
> The Feds, however, can intercede on their own behalf if Federal law, or one's 
> civil rights, is in question. 
> 
> We had major issues out here when the terrible fire storms jumped from state 
> to federal lands then into city, then repeated the process. Talk about 
> jurisdiction? Would you believe that Federal fire fighters received fines in 
> the 
> mail for passing through state and city toll booths while not on duty (rolling 
> to find some R&R). The lower courts upheld the fines, the state smartly waved 
> them. 
> 
> I can't help but think that conducting unlicensed tours within Gettysburg 
> National Battlefield Park would be a Federal issue and not state. I could be 
> wrong. The issue here is simple, there has to be rules and regs otherwise 
> there 
> would be anarchy and chaos. The NPS, in my opinion, has the right to set their 
> own rules and licenses process on their property. Why would the state of 
> Pennsylvania interfere? The state has no jurisdiction in any NP within it's 
> boundaries in California unless it is a capitol crime. I have to disagree about 
> the state taking any action on what should be considered a misdemeanor. 
> 
> Dave S. 
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