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madville

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5. Sounds like a reasonable decision

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Jun 13, 2022, 04:01 PM

Jun 2022

If the tribal court can’t sentence someone to more than a year the federal courts should be prosecuting their felonies anyway.

It’s similar to military members, they can be tried in both the military and civilian systems for the same offense.

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Supreme Court rules against Navajo Nation member [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2022 OP

I'm not a big fan of allowing prosecutions for the same act under multiple sovereignties... Dr. Strange Jun 2022 #1

This SCOTUS Is Worse Than I Imagined. ruet Jun 2022 #2

Court probably made the correct ruling as imagine if it was case where a police officer was found cstanleytech Jun 2022 #3

The three dissenters were Sotomayor, Kagan and....Gorsuch. onenote Jun 2022 #4

Sounds like a reasonable decision madville Jun 2022 #5

Your second statement about military and civilian is partially true. GregariousGroundhog Jun 2022 #6

Not to minimize the repugnancy EndlessWire Jun 2022 #7