“National security should be able to preempt Tribal Sovereignty...”
And public safety and national security should be able to preempt the Bill of Rights. Isn’t that what we keep hearing from the statists?
I’d be more inclined to agree with all of this except for the fact that this administration doesn’t give a damn about securing the border.
So since we can agree that this little melodrama isn’t about securing the border (insert laugh track here) then the question begs to be asked what is on the tribal land that the Federal government wants to control?
Damned little on those Indian lands EXCEPT MINERALS/RIGHTS, maybe oil, but they are also bound by both Indian Tribal Rights in contracts with the Dept. of Interior, National Parks and Forest Service, Agriculture, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs, DOJ, Nuclear Regulatory Commission/Agency, etc.
Believe me, I know. Just finished over a year’s legal research/cases on mineral rights issues.
One problem is how much power the State has regarding security problems on the Indian lands. Basically very little so you are right that the US Govt should be in charge. And you are right that Comrade Obama and his criminal gang don’t give a damn about stopping the drug trade.
Checkmate right now until Trump gets in.