From Slate, here is “What the Landmark Supreme Court Decision Means for Policing Indigenous Oklahoma: For Indigenous people, cries of ‘law and order’ have always contained a loaded message.”
Also in Slate, Mark Joseph Stern’s “Why Gorsuch Keeps Joining the Liberals to Affirm Tribal Rights.“
Here is “Supreme Court upholds American Indian treaty promises, orders Oklahoma to follow federal law,” in The Conversation.
Other commentaries —
Bob Miller on VOA.
Ronald Mann on SCOTUSblog.
Ian Millhiser on VOX.
A wildly overblown headline, but here you go anyway.
Here’s another one, from CNBC: “Supreme Court says eastern half of Oklahoma is Native American land.”
And WSJ: “American Indian Lands Include Eastern Oklahoma, Supreme Court Rules.”
And NPR gets in on the action: “Supreme Court Rules That About Half Of Oklahoma Is Native American Land.”
Here is the petition in Rogers County Board of Tax Roll Corrections v. Video Gaming Technologies, Inc.:
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Question presented:
Whether a generally applicable state ad valorem tax, as assessed against personal property owned by a non-Indian, out-of-state corporate entity and leased to a tribe for use in its casino operations, is preempted by the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act and the Court’s “particularized inquiry” balancing test, see White Mountain Apache Tribe v. Bracker, 448 U.S. 136 (1980), where the tax does not infringe on any federal regulatory purpose contained in the IGRA, the tax does not interfere with any tribal sovereignty interests, and the tax supports relevant and important government interests, such as law enforcement, schools and health services.
Lower court decision here.
UPDATE:
Here is “Gorsuch Gets Moment as Decider in Case Evoking Trail of Tears.”
The briefs are here.
Oral Argument Transcript:
Merits Briefs:
2020 03 20 McGirt Joint Motion for Divided Argument and Enlargement of Time
Amicus Briefs in Support of Petitioner:
2020 02 11 Amicus Brief Brad Henry et al
2020 02 11 Amicus Brief Historians Legal Scholars Cherokee Nation
2020 02 11 Amicus Brief National Ass’n Criminal Defense Lawyers
2020 02 11 Amicus Brief National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center et al
2020 02 11 Amicus Brief of Muscogee Creek Nation
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Amicus Briefs in Support of Respondent:
2020 03 20 Amicus Brief of United States
2020 03 20 Environmenal Fderation of Oklahoma, et al, Amicus Brief
2020 03 20 Int’l Municipal Lawers and Nat’l Sheriffs’ Assn Amicus Br
2020 03 20 Tulsa Merits Amicus Brief
Oklahoma District Attorneys Amicus Brief
Cert Stage Materials:
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