Supreme Court Decision Upends Decades of Federal Indian Law

Supreme Court Decision Upends Decades of Federal Indian Law

On June 29, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its controversial decision in Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta, holding against decades of precedent that states possess concurrent authority with the federal government to prosecute non-Indians for crimes committed against...
Supreme Court to Hear Case Attacking McGirt Decision

Supreme Court to Hear Case Attacking McGirt Decision

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta. The case threatens to limit the effect of the landmark decision in McGirt v. Oklahoma. In the 2020 McGirt case, the Supreme Court held that Congress never disestablished the Muscogee...