"He said procedural and statutory hurdles will prevent the vast number of inmates from attempting to have their state convictions overturned. And if they do, he said, it will be a risky proposition since they are unlikely to go free while they wait for a federal trial and could face longer charges in the end. "
"“Success will subject them to federal prosecutions — which often yield harsher sentences,” he wrote."
Will have to look further at hat map tomorrow. Not sure if all of the Indian Nations in Oklahoma were ignored-some may have had congressional action.
Seems to me that the Tribal Council could just vote to accept the findings of the various courts—wouldn’t have to be messy.
The members of the tribes that I have met in Oklahoma are quite westernized, christians, and a pretty reasonable group overall. They said they will cooperate with the state authorities, so maybe it won’t be chaos.
I do wonder about any impact it could have on the electoral college.
