Published 2 years ago

Experts: US Court fractures decades of Native American law

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U.S. Supreme Court expands state authority to prosecute some crimes on Native American land. The ruling is a marked departure from federal Indian law. It also cast tribes as part of states, rather than the sovereign nations they are. Criminal justice on tribal lands already is a tangled web, and the ruling will present new thorny questions.

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The Independent

Experts: US Court fractures decades of Native American law

A U.S. Supreme Court ruling expanding state authority to prosecute some crimes on Native American land is upending decades of law in support of tribal sovereignty

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Experts: US Court fractures decades of Native American law

A U.S. Supreme Court ruling expanding state authority to prosecute some crimes on Native American land is fracturing decades of law built around the hard-fought principle that tribes have the

2 years ago·United States

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Experts: US Court fractures decades of Native American law - Local News 8

By FELICIA FONSECA and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated PressFLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A U.S. Supreme Court ruling expanding state authority to prosecute some crimes on Native American land is fracturing decades of law built around the hard-fought principle that tribes have the right to govern themselves on their own territory, legal experts say. The Wednesday ruling is a marked departure from federal Indian law and veers from the push to increase tr…

2 years ago·Idaho Falls, United States

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KVIA

Experts: US Court fractures decades of Native American law

2 years ago·Panama City, United States

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The Mercury news

Experts: Court ruling breaks decades of Native American law

Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. of the Cherokee Nation said the court “failed in its duty to honor this nation’s promises, defied Congress’s statutes and accepted the ‘lawl…

2 years ago·San Jose, United States

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MY Northwest

Experts: US Court fractures decades of Native American law

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A U.S. Supreme Court ruling expanding state authority to prosecute some crimes on Native American land is fracturing decades of law built around the hard-fought principle that tribes have the right to govern themselves on their own territory, legal experts say. The Wednesday ruling is a marked departure from federal Indian law and veers from the push to increase tribes’ ability to prosecute all crimes on reservations — re…

2 years ago·Tacoma, United States

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