How does it feel, GORSUCH, this rolling-back rights thingy? He wrote the "praying coach" - now:

[UTUSN]

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https://news.yahoo.com/gorsuch-fumes-supreme-court-failed-154938186.html

Gorsuch fumes that the Supreme Court 'failed' to 'honor this Nation's promises' as it rolled back tribal authority in Oklahoma

…. The nation's highest court ruled in the case Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta that state authorities can retain jurisdiction over crimes taking place in Native American territory involving non-native citizens. ....

"Now, at the bidding of Oklahoma's executive branch, this Court unravels those lower-court decisions, defies Congress's statutes requiring tribal consent, offers its own consent in place of the Tribe's, and allows Oklahoma to intrude on a feature of tribal sovereignty recognized since the founding," Gorsuch wrote in his dissent.

He continued: "One can only hope the political branches and future courts will do their duty to honor this Nation's promises even as we have failed today to do our own."

Wednesday's ruling is a step back from a previous ruling in 2020 that declared a large chunk of territory in eastern Oklahoma as Native American tribal land under the Major Crimes Act. This meant that only tribal and federal authorities — not state — can prosecute crimes in the jurisdiction. ….

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[Thomas Hurt]

1. LOL, you dick! Gorsuch can't be that obtuse. Seems like Gorsuch would applaud

letting the state have a hand in covering for white people who commit crimes on the reservation. Cause that is exactly how this ruling is going to be abused.

[UTUSN]

2. Yeah, Native Americans fit under "states' rights" -wingnuts don't have a grip on logic, law, & stuff

Before any "Legal" literalists jump on me, please just DON'T (bother).