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In 5-4 ruling, SCOTUS dramatically expands the power of states to prosecute crimes on reservations

Matthew L.M. Fletcher | June 30, 2022 | American Indian Law

This article was originally published on SCOTUSblog.com on June 29, 2022. On the second-to-last day of the 2021-22 term, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that Oklahoma — and all other states — possesses concurrent jurisdiction with the federal government over crimes...

Effects of McGirt v. Oklahoma on Sentencing

Lauren Klosinski | January 29, 2021 | American Indian Law

An article from Vice details how the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling in McGirt v. Oklahoma could affect the lives and sentences of Native American’s convicted of crimes in the 3 million acres of eastern Oklahoma that is now recognized as “Indian Country.”  The...

McGirt v. Oklahoma and the Past, Present, and Future of Reservation Boundaries

Bethany Berger | October 27, 2020 | American Indian Law

Bethany Berger of University of the University of Connecticut School of Law has posted “McGirt v. Oklahoma and the Past, Present, and Future of Reservation Boundaries” (University of Pennsylvania Law Review Online) on SSRN. Here’s the abstract: “Unlawful...

Tribal Economic Development – Tribal Regulatory Powers on Indian Lands

Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Kaighn Smith, Jr., Wenona T. Singel and Jennifer Morinigo | May 18, 2020 | American Indian Law

The following text is excerpted from Restatement of the Law, The Law of American Indians, Tentative Draft No. 4, Chapter. 4. Tribal Economic Development Included below is the complete Section 52. Tribal Regulatory Powers on Indian Lands from Subchapter 1 – Indian...

Argument Analysis: For the Second Time in Two Terms, Justices Consider Reservation Status of Eastern Oklahoma

Ronald J. Mann | May 14, 2020 | American Indian Law

This article was originally published on SCOTUSblog.com on May 12, 2020. McGirt v. Oklahoma asks whether the eastern half of Oklahoma is an Indian reservation, exempt in important ways from the control of state and local authorities. It would be the most populous...
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