The Supreme Court Just Expanded States’ Power to Prosecute Crimes on Tribal Land
▻https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/06/supreme-court-castro-huerta-ruling
The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that Oklahoma has the authority to prosecute non-Native people who commit crimes against a Native person on tribal lands.
The justices, in a 5-4 decision, said that both the state and federal government have jurisdiction to prosecute these crimes. The case, Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta, had been viewed as a pivotal one that cuts right into the heart of the fight over tribal sovereignty. Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote the majority opinion.
Neil Gorsuch, who was joined by the three liberal justice in his dissent, wrote that when the Cherokee were exiled to Oklahoma, they were promised that they would be free from state interference. “Where this Court once stood firm, today it wilts,” Gorsuch wrote. “Where our predecessors refused to participate in one State’s unlawful power grab at the expense of the Cherokee, today’s Court accedes to another’s.”
Je ne trouve aucune reprise dans les médias français (en tout cas ceux référencés sur Gougoule Niouzes), alors que l’interwebz américain est largement consacré à cette nouvelle étape dans l’agenda ultra-conservateur de la Cour suprême.