Exactly.
They punted. They always weave a tale of no standing to punt and ignore same when they want to legislate.
I’m wound up on the stupidity of McDirt v. Oklahoma right now. Reservations not disestablished! WTH do the fools think the Dawes Act did? It was intended to clear the way for statehood and did. We were taught that without the Dawes Act there could be no State of Oklahoma.
Evidently some of the justices saw it how we did.