Here is today’s order list.
Supreme Court Grants SG’s Motion to Share Argument Time in Michigan v. Bay Mills
Here is today’s order list.
Michigan Indian
Fletcher on the Michigan v. Bay Mills Case
Here is (Re)Solving the Tribal No-Forum Conundrum: Michigan v. Bay Mills Indian Community (PDF), published in the Yale Law Journal Online.
The abstract:
Michigan v. Bay Mills Indian Community, a dispute over a controversial off-reservation Indian casino, is the latest opportunity for the Supreme Court to address the doctrine of tribal sovereign immunity. The Court could hand Michigan a big win by broadly abrogating tribal immunity, and in turn wreak havoc on modern tribal governance. Alternately, the Court could hand Bay Mills a victory by affirming the tribe’s immunity, effectively precluding judicial review of the tribe’s casino project. In this Essay, Professor Matthew L.M. Fletcher argues that neither choice is preferable to a third option that would both advance tribal self-determination and hold tribes accountable to outsiders. The Court could condition tribal immunity in federal or state court on whether the tribe has solved the no-forum problem by providing a tribal forum for the resolution of important disputes.
MSU Indigenous Graduate Student Collective Panel — November 19, 2013
Here:
Exposé on Politics behind Push for Michigan Wolf Hunt
Here.
An excerpt:
But an MLive Media Group investigation found that half-truths, falsehoods and a single farmer have distorted reasons for the hunt. Among them:
• When state lawmakers asked Congress to remove wolf protections, they cited an incident in which three wolves were shot outside an Upper Peninsula daycare center where children had just been let out. That never happened, MLive found.
• A leading state wolf specialist said there are cases where wolves have stared at humans through glass doors, ignoring pounding on windows meant to scare them. That never happened as well. The expert now admits he misspoke.
Two Important ICT Commentaries on Michigan v. Bay Mills
The first commentary is from Native Nations Institute commentators Ryan Seelau and Dr. Ian Record:
Will the Supreme Court Use Bay Mills Case to Blow Up Tribal Sovereignty?
Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/11/05/sovereign-immunity-and-bay-mills-case-how-tribes-can-prepare
The second commentary is from Gabriel Galanda and Ryan Dreveskracht of Galanda Broadman:
The Bay Mills Buck Stops With NIGC
Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/11/06/bay-mills-buck-stops-nigcLittle Traverse Bay Bands Seeks Court Administrator
JD preferred:
Supreme Court Amicus Briefs in Support of Bay Mills Indian Community
Actually, so far, we only have one….
Here:
12-515 bsac SCHOLARS OF AMERICAN INDIAN LAW
Bay Mills Indian Community Merits Brief
ILPC Conference Opening Panel
Scott Lyons, John Wabaunsee, and Mike Petoskey
Crowd filling out
Chairman Wesaw to Take Position as Executive Director of the Michigan Department of Civil Rights
DOWAGIAC, MI — Matt Wesaw will retire from his posts as chairman of the Pokagon Band Tribal Council and president/CEO of the Pokagon Gaming Authority as he takes on a new professional position.
Wesaw, who has been tribal chairman of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians and leader of the Pokagon Gaming Authority since 2008, has been named executive director of the Michigan Department of Civil Rights.
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