John Roberts
By statehood in 1907, all Indian reservations in Oklahoma were abolished. But the Supreme Court’s McGirt decision in 2020 declared that the Creek reservation is still, at least for criminal law purposes, a reservation. This was expanded to also refer to the Cherokee, Seminole, Choctaw, Chickasaw and Quapaw tribes, which are now also said to have reservations. […]
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The Supreme Court has ruled that the former Creek (Muscogee) land in Oklahoma is, at least for criminal law purposes, still tribal land. Where will this lead? There are many possible complications, and it could affect most of eastern Oklahoma. The majority opinion was written by Justice Neil Gorsuch, the dissent by Chief Justice John […]
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