In first case, Court rules in favor of tribal nations 5-4

[StarfishSaver]

The Court ruled that, for purposes of the Major Crimes Act, land reserved for the Creek Nation since the 19th century remains "Indian country."

Gorsuch wrote opinion, joined by Court's liberals.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

1. A huge, huge victory. I'm so pleased.

[StarfishSaver]

2. That's a BFD

Fingers crossed that the rest of the day produces the same good feeling...

[WhiskeyGrinder]

6. TBH I was much more focused on this one.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

3. Well, cool.

Nice little opening act.

Now, let's get on to the main event.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

8. That's kind of a shitty way to talk about it.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

16. Relax. I'm happy about it. Sounds like a good decision.

Just making a little joke because it preceded the decisions coming out about Trump's financial documents, so it's kind of like an opening act at a concert.

Which reminds me of the time back in 2008 where my wife, who as a child of the 80s was a huge New Kids on the Block fan, went to a reunion concert for that group.

When she got back, she told me all about the New Kids, but only in passing did she mention the opening act, who she said was some weird, obscure singer with a babyish sounding name.

That weird obscure singer turned out to be....Lady Gaga. Right before she absolutely blew up.

So opening acts can be great, is what I'm say.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

18. Relax, it's still a shitty thing to say.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

20. Whatever.

I tried.

[RussellCattle]

26. Yes you did, and it was a nice try, Tommy, but there is something that....

....we can always count on here on the Democratic Underground. Our critics.

[lunatica]

29. We?

Speak for yourself.

[RussellCattle]

32. As if to prove my point.

[lunatica]

33. LOL!

Fail!

[RussellCattle]

34. Proving my point yet again. I suspect you'll go for three times.

[lunatica]

37. Only to repeat that you should speak for yourself.

[RussellCattle]

38. There are four symbols that follow my screen name. They are "Profile, Journal....

....Mail and Ignore". I invite you to click on "Ignore" after my name, as I have done to yours. This is the first time I have done this, which I somehow believe will make you happy.

[StarfishSaver]

12. The people affected by that case probably don't see it as an "opening act"

[pnwmom]

4. Gorsuch sided with RBG, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan. nt

[wryter2000]

27. That's weird bedfellows

I expect Roberts to, but Gorsuch? This could be a really good sign that the latest RW a-holes are rational human beings, at least part of the time.

[Laelth]

5. Yeah! A little justice for the First People! n/t

-Laelth

[MissB]

7. Gorsuch is pro-Native American, right?

Iirc, he’s supportive of native Americans.

[StarfishSaver]

13. Yes. This is not a surprising ruling by him

[WhiskeyGrinder]

14. More that, he takes treaty language seriously and enforces it.

[The Mouth]

28. A treaty is a treaty

regardless of if anyone thinks if "fair" or not. "Sovereign" is kinda like "Pregnant": one is, or one isn't.

[Mike 03]

9. Wonderful!

[themaguffin]

10. It's still a sad statement that the other conservatives were against it. Pathetic.

[Renew Deal]

35. I agree

I don’t understand why this isn’t 9-0

[soothsayer]

11. Here is the 5-4 opinion from Justice Gorsuch in McGirt v. Oklahoma. Roberts dissented joined by Kava

Link to tweet

?s=21

[Mike 03]

15. Reporter's tweet

Link to tweet

TEXT: #BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled Creek Lands in Oklahoma will remain tribal territory and not become subject to state jurisdiction. A huge win for Native Americans in the case of McGirt vs. Oklahoma.

[Sanity Claws]

19. Thanks for the explanation

I was not following this case but I can see at some of the great implications.
1. Natives on reservation are not subject to harassment from racist cops. I am referring to the awful things that spurred the Black Lives Matter movement.
2. Tribes can administer their own form of justice for the crime. This is important to maintain their own culture.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

21. Neither of those have anything to do with the case. At issue was whether a reservation,

divided up in allotments and sold off individually, has been dissolved through that action. The court said no.

[Sanity Claws]

22. Haha

Told you I wasn't following the case. Anyway, it sounds like tribes will be able to preserve their land. Great news.

[malaise]

17. HUGE

Rec

[shockey80]

23. Good news.

[FM123]

24. This bit of news has really made my soul happy today, in a way it hasn't in a long time.

[dlk]

25. Wonderful news!

[lunatica]

30. This is good on so many levels!

[PatrickforO]

31. Change is in the air!

This is a very good ruling in favor of Native Americans.

[roamer65]

36. This will effectively split the state in two.

It would be nice to see a Native American state come from this.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Sequoyah