SCOTUS reaffirmed what we’ve always known: Treaties are the supreme Law of the Land.
"Today we are asked whether the land these treaties promised remains an Indian reservation for purposes of federal criminal law. Because Congress has not said otherwise, we hold the government to its word."
Muscgoee (Creek) Nation WINS
#McGirt
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@peggyflanagan
If the treaties were in any meaningful sense supreme law, Congress could not simply unilaterally disavow them. Just watch -- as soon as Congress passes a putative statute to renege on this treaty, the Court will bow to them.
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