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To: fish hawk

Tribal law applies on the reservations (instead of state law). And when federal law and tribal law conflict, you’d be surprised at the judicial rulings that comne down in support of tribal law.


89 posted on 09/10/2007 4:19:08 PM PDT by ought-six ("Give me liberty, or give me death!")
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To: ought-six

Tribal law is in power unless the crime is a federal law like murder of kidnapping etc. Federal low over powers tribal law. Tribes are not really 100% sovereign. They are a sovereign nation with in a sovereign nation (the US Government)


93 posted on 09/10/2007 4:48:03 PM PDT by fish hawk (The religion of Darwinism = Monkey Intellect)
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