Yes one specific republican started an organization, the only bill which passed only affected Utah and was never actually enforced. As it was state-level and federal agencies threaten to sue if Utah did.<p>Bundy is from Oregon. Further more:<p>&gt;&gt; One of ALEC’s model bills is the Eminent Domain Authority for Federal Lands Act, which, like Bundy, cites Article 1, Section 8, Clause 17 of the Constitution to justify state seizure of federal land. (<i>A spokesperson for ALEC disavowed Bundy and his actions.</i>)<p>The laws they are fighting are federal and mostly from the 1930s, enacted under the Hoover government, which was republican.<p>This is about state vs federal rights, not left vs right. It should be framed as such.