US EditionThe Supreme Court rejects a plea to block a copper mine on land in Arizona that’s sacred to Apaches
- The Supreme Court rejected the Apaches' appeal on Tuesday to block a copper mining project on sacred federal land in Arizona known as Oak Flat.
- The appeal followed lower court rulings that allowed the transfer of 3.75 square miles of Tonto National Forest land to Resolution Copper for mining under a 2014 congressional land swap.
- Apache Stronghold, representing some San Carlos Apache members, argued the transfer would destroy the sacred site and violate religious rights, while Resolution Copper claims the copper deposit is the world's second-largest.
- The federal appeals court split 6-5 to permit the transfer, rejecting religious and treaty claims, and Justice Samuel Alito recused himself due to owning BHP stock linked to the mining company.
- The court's decision enables mining plans expected to boost Arizona's economy by $1 billion annually and create thousands of jobs, but dissenting judges and Apaches warned it could cause irreversible destruction to Oak Flat.
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Supreme Court Won’t Hear Case by Indigenous Opponents of Arizona Copper Mine
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to take up an appeal by Indigenous advocates who are fighting to block the transfer of Oak Flat to Resolution Copper, which wants to turn the site in eastern Arizona, sacred to the San Carlos Apache Nation, into a massive copper mine. The justices left in place a lower court’s decision that will allow the Trump administration to take the land and transfer it to Resolution Copper. Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in …
US Supreme Court denies Apache request to block copper mine on sacred land
The Supreme Court denied a petition for certiorari from an Apache Stronghold case on Tuesday, which called for an injunction on a US government land transfer of an Apache holy site to a copper mining company. Chí’chil Biłdagoteel, or more commonly known as Oak Flat, is a 6.7 square-mile sacred site east of Superior, Arizona. The petition for certiorari filed by the Apache Stronghold, a nonprofit whose mission is to defend holy sites and freedom …
'Grave mistake': Supreme Court justice slams colleagues for refusal to hear case
Right-wing Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch is outraged that his colleagues declined to take up what has become one of his notoriously idiosyncratic pet issues on Tuesday, Newsweek reported — calling the refusal to hear the case a "grave mistake.""The case, brought by the group Apache Stronghold, ...
WTF -- Gorsuch (and Thomas?!) are the Good Guys in this SCOTUS Decision!??
I really did a double take when I saw these two were the only justices willing to dissent from the SCOTUS decision not to hear the Apaches’ appeal in this case. From Newsweek: The U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a dispute over Apache sacred land...
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