Here’s a piece by Terry Anderson & Shawn Regan arguing that the reasons that Standing Rock opposes the pipeline have to with the fact that the Tribe couldn’t benefit economically from DAPL due to stifling federal regulation. This is a very troubling argument that I worry is just 50s-era termination in sheep’s clothing.
Ysleta del Sur Chief Judge Lawrence Lujan Appointed Commissioner to Texas Supreme Court’s Permanent Judicial Commission for Children, Youth and Families
From the National American Indian Court Judges Association (NAICJA) Facebook Page:
NAICJA Vice President Appointed Commissioner to the Texas Supreme Court’s Permanent Judicial Commission for Children, Youth and Families
Our Tribal Courts not only serve our sovereign communities but also seek partnerships at the state and federal level. These partnerships enhance Indian Country legal services and most importantly put our tribal nations in key leadership positions that promote the welfare of our community members and the sovereignty of all Tribal Courts.
Congratulations on your new appointment Chief Judge Lawrence Lujan of the Ysleta del Sur Pubelo!
Jacob Levy: “Authoritarianism and Post-Truth Politics”
Here.
An excerpt:
Saying something obviously untrue, and making your subordinates repeat it with a straight face in their own voice, is a particularly startling display of power over them. It’s something that was endemic to totalitarianism. Arendt analyzed the huge lies and blatant reversals of language associated with the Holocaust. Havel documented the pervasive little lies, lies that everyone knew to be lies, of late Communism. And Orwell gave us the vivid “2+2=5.”
Being made to repeat an obvious lie makes it clear that you’re powerless; it also makes you complicit. You’re morally compromised. Your ability to stand on your own moral two feet and resist or denounce is lost. Part of this is a general tool for making people part of immoral groups. One child makes a second abuse a third. The second then can’t think he’s any better than the first, the bully, and can’t inform. In a gang or the Mafia, your first kill makes you trustworthy, because you’re now dependent on the group to keep your secrets, and can’t credibly claim to be superior to them.
Senator John McCoy introduces legislation in Washington State reforming use of deadly force laws
Links:
- Senate Bill 5000 (prefiled 12/05/16),
- Washington State Joint Legislative Task Force on the Use of Deadly Force in Community Policing: Final Report to the Legislature and Governor
Download(PDF):
- Handout: Reduce Violence, Restore Trust Make Use of Deadly Force the Last Resort
- Media Advisory: Police Use of Deadly Force Should be Last Resort
Senator McCoy (Tulalip Tribes) recently was elected to a leadership position in the Senate, where he will chair the Senate Democratic Caucus.
Federal Court Orders Discovery from Tribal Judge on the Bad Faith Exception to the Tribal Exhaustion Doctrine
Here are the materials in Acres v. Blue Lake Rancheria (N.D. Cal.):
The court had previously dismissed a related case, materials here.
ACLU: Michigan voter ID bill and what you can do to help today/this weekend
Friends,
As you are aware, a strict voter ID bill is currently being rammed through the Michigan legislature. It has passed the House and will be considered by the Senate next week. The bill will be before the Senate Elections Committee on Tuesday, and it could reach the Senate floor potentially as early as that day, or on Wednesday or Thursday (the last day of session). I am told that it would be most effective if pressure were applied directly to certain key Senators (listed below), through an avalanche of both e-mails and phone calls. Also, note that all State Senators in Michigan are up for reelection in 2018.
Michigan voter IDs are issued out of the SOS branch offices (https://services2.sos.state.mi.us/servicelocator/), not the DMV, and I am told that Senators from rural areas may be particularly moved by communications from constituents (or others) describing the difficulties of travelling to the remote SOS office especially if they are only open during limited hours. Of course, constituents and others should feel free to include any other argument against voter IDs, reminding them about the disproportionate impact that these laws have on racial minorities, including the fact that nearly half of the 18,000 votes cast by affidavit were from Wayne County, which is about 40% African American (compared to 14% statewide), or any other written materials about the disparate impact of voter ID laws. Note that the bill does not require ID for mail-in absentee ballots, and in Michigan anyone age 60 years or older or persons with disabilities (persons “unable to vote without assistance at the polls”) can vote absentee, but emphasizing the importance to many elderly persons or persons with disabilities of being able to cast a ballot in person may also be helpful.
Because the Senate Committee meeting has not been formally scheduled yet, written comments cannot yet be sent to the committee clerk for inclusion in the record (that probably will not happen until Monday at which point I can let folks know), but comments can of course be made directly to the Senators right now.
Senate Elections Committee
- David Robertson (R) Committee Chair, 14th District, 517-373-1636, sendrobertson@senate.michigan.gov
- Patrick Colbeck (R) Vice Chair, 7th District, 517-373-7350, senpcolbeck@senate.michigan.gov
- Judy K Emmons (R) 33rd District, 517-373-3760, senjemmons@senate.michigan.gov
- Mike Shirkey (R) 16th District, 517-373-5932, senmshirkey@senate.michigan.gov
- Morris W Hood III (D) Minority Vice Chair, 3rd District, 517-373-0990, senmhood@senate.michigan.gov
Senators with rural districts (In order of priority)
District 38 – Tom Casperson, 517-373-7840, Sentcasperson@senate.michigan.gov
District 37 – Wayne Schmidt, 517-373-2413, senwschmidt@senate.michigan.gov
District 36 – Jim Stamas, 517-373-7946, senjstamas@senate.michigan.gov
District 35 – Darwin Booher, 517-373-1725, sendbooher@senate.michigan.gov
District 19 – Mike Nofs, 517-373-2426, senmnofs@senate.michigan.gov
District 26 – Tonya Schuitmaker, 517-373-0793, sentschuitmaker@senate.michigan.gov
District 34 – Goeff Hansen, 517-373-1635, senghansen@senate.michigan.gov
District 33 – Judy Emmons, 517-373-3760, senjemmons@senate.michigan.gov
District 31 – Mike Green, 517-373-1777, senmgreen@senate.michigan.gov
District 21 – John Proos, 517-373-6960, senjproos@senate.michigan.gov
District 25 – Phil Pavlov, 517-373-7708, senppavlov@senate.michigan.gov
District 16 – Mike Shirkey, 517-373-5932, senmshirkey@senate.michigan.gov
District 17 – Dale Zorn, 517-373-3543, sendzorn@senate.michigan.gov
Onward,
Voting Rights Project
ACLU
Friday Job Announcements
Job vacancies are posted on Friday. Some announcements might still appear throughout the week. If you would like your Indian law job posted on Turtle Talk, please email indigenous@law.msu.edu.
Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California
General Counsel, Tribal Council, Gardnerville, CA.
Ho-Chunk Nation
Staff Attorney-Law Clerk, Judiciary Branch, Black River Falls, WI.
CDC Public Health Law Program
Internships/Externships, Tribal Public Health Law. Only rising and current third-year law students will be considered. To apply, please send a resume and cover letter to phlawprogram@cdc.gov. In the cover letter and email, indicate which internship or externship you are applying for.
NYTs: Washington State Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers to be Selected Interior Secretary
Here.
Havasupai Tribe Sues over the Taking of Groundwater
Here is the complaint in Havasupai Tribe v. Anasazi Water Co. (D. Ariz.):
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