another delicious one david

& so 1 of our 3 great exclave bubbles has a st martins line now too

& probably both entire islands are entirely federal besides

fantastic

an ellis tribubble & a liberty bibubble
join the normally staid kentucky bend unibubble

& man would i love that job of special master to the supreme court

he only talks to giants
& what he says is
now you get this & you get that

>
>
>By a May 26 1998 ruling of the US Supreme Court, Ellis Island is now
>divided between two states. New York retains only about 5 acres (including
>the main building) and New Jersey getting the remainder of the 27.5 acre
>island. See
><http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/news/nation-world/html98/altscoa_052698.html>
>http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/news/nation-world/html98/altscoa_052698.html >S
>o there is now a dry-land exclave of NY within NJ, although I do not know
>whether the NY portion of Ellis Island touches the shore. Basically, I
>think that the Supreme Court award the land that was the original Ellis
>Island to NY, but all the landfill around that original island to NJ.
>Making it further interesting, the Federal Government of the US owns the
>entire island. For more on the story, also see
><http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/jan-june98/ellis_1-12.html>
>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/jan-june98/ellis_1-12.html
>
>David
>dmark@...
>
>On Mon, 21 Aug 2000, m