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Plainly Wrong: The High Court Takes The Low Road, David E. Wilkins
Plainly Wrong: The High Court Takes The Low Road, David E. Wilkins
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The court's most recent salvo in the Long case is no exception. I wrote about this case in April in this paper when the court had just heard oral arguments. My column was titled "A Matter of Disrespect" because in reading the transcript of the oral arguments, it was plainly evident in the questions raised by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Antonin Scalia that they had very little respect for the legitimacy of tribal courts or their decisions.
The question that must be asked: Why are tribal courts treated differently than non-Indian courts? Not willing to confront this head-on, …