Don’t get too excted.
Property right are unaffected.
But life just got a whole lot more complicated for local and state law enforcement in Oklahoma.
Indians account for about 15% of the population. Their arrests will need to made citing Federal statutes and then prosecuted in the Federal Courts.
Bottom line: Job openings for Federal prosecutors and judiciary (plus support staff) in the Sooner State.
Theoretically, that means that any criminal or civil conviction in the State of Oklahoma, not tried in Federal court
now becomes "moot", and subject to re-trial ?
What more could you ask for!.../smh
That’s pretty much what I figured. As explained in the SCOTUS Blog post, Gorsuch’s opinion actually appears to me to be sound. His liberal co-horts — well — I cannot imagine what their scribblings were to justify their concurring opinions.
Gorsuch certainly did much better with this one than with what I call his “Gaysuch” ruling expanding the Civil Rights Act to cover LGBT employees.
I suppose there could be complications with property tax payments and other local issues when dealing with Creek Indians and the descendants of the Trail of Tears folks. Thanks to the parceling of land, with most of it now in the hands of non-Indians, rather than a communal existence deal with this reservation, Oklahoma is NOT going to turn into a place where I-40 and I-44 get shut down on a regular basis, like the NY Thruway does by the Senecas when some dispute affects their actual full-on, landed reservation. At least I don’t think so.
>Property right are unaffected.
If Indian squatters take up residence on your property who will remove them?
Incorrect. Gorsuch limited his decision to the proper jurisdiction to prosecute crimes but he recognized in his opinion that it may not remain there.