Supreme Court

SCOTUSBlog Profile of Supreme Court Specialists Appointed to the Federal Bench

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Interesting read, here. Profiling the Chief Justice, Sri Srinivasan, Patricia Millett, and Nina Pillard.

Fletcher Interview in Prawfsblawg about being Cited by Supreme Court in Adoptive Couple

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Doesn’t get any more meta than this.

Here.

Federal Cert Opposition Brief in Native Village of Eyak Aboriginal Rights Case

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

USA Cert Opp

The petition and links to other materials is here.

Ben Shelly Op/Ed in WaPo about Baby Veronica Case

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Here.

Tonasket v. Sargent Cert Opposition Brief:

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Tonasket v Sargent Cert Opp

The petition is here.

Justice Alito Partially Grants Adoptive Couple Application to Expedite Mandate

Matthew L.M. Fletcher1 Comment

The order is here. Here is SCOTUSblog’s coverage. The mandate remanding back to the South Carolina courts goes into effect July 5 (I think).

Addie Rolnick & Kim Pearson on the Baby Veronica Decision

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Addie Rolnick and Kim Pearson been posting extensively on the Baby Veronica case at Prawfsblawg. They’re doing a four-parter:

Here is post 1.

Here is Part 2.

Here is Part 3.

Here is Part 4.

And, inexplicably, here is Part 5 (authored solely by Kim).

Adoptive Couple Seeks Immediate SCT Mandate in Baby Vernonica Case

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

SCOTUS blog has coverage here.

Adoptive Couple’s application is here.

Dusten Brown’s opposition is here.

ICT Profile on the Impact of Shelby County v. Holder on Indian Country

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

Alex Pearl on Dusten Brown’s Blood Quantum, which apparently is 3/256

Matthew L.M. Fletcher2 Comments

Here. Highly recommended.

An excerpt:

Baby Veronica is, or is eligible for, enrollment as a citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma.  By the way, the Cherokee Nation isn’t like your local public library—not just anyone can join.  It’s like the United States.  Not everyone can join us here—the U.S. has citizenship requirements.  It would be unintelligible to say that someone is 3/256 American, right?  You either are or are not a citizen of a nation.  The usage of blood quantum in this way by the Majority conflates Indian identity and tribal citizenship.