Turtle Talk

Here is the opinion in Trump v. Barbara.

One excerpt, suggesting Indians are like diplomats, what I’ve been saying all along, dammit:

Another, more explicitly, on Indians as diplomats:

Another on the government’s ridiculousness re: Elk v. Wilkins:

From Justice Jackson’s concurrence, the only intellectually honest opinion from this rat’s nest of white supremacy:

On why birthright citizenship is an issue in 2026:

On the Indian Citizenship Act:

The possible seeds for an undoing of the contemptible Elk v. Wilkins decision, which also rested on Dred Scott:

Justice Thomas’ dissent (the principal dissent) waxed on and on about “tribal Indians,” leading (I suggest) to at least two conclusions: (1) the United States does not have the power to tax “tribal Indians”; (2) the right of tribal self-government derives from international customary law (here comes UNDRIP!); and (3) Elk is wrong:

More Elk is wrong fodder:

More on Elk, though in reliance this time:

On the Indian Citizenship Act:

Wha?? China is less or equally alien than the Cherokee Nation?

“Tribal Indians” in same category as diplomats and “hostile alien occupiers” — this is getting weird:

Nothing from me on Kavanaugh or Alito, who don’t merit attention.