I think treaties should be honored. And if this does that reasonably with consideration to everyone, then I’m okay with the court ruling. I hope this precedent isn’t abused for hostile reasons.
McGirt, 71, has served more than two decades in prison after being convicted in 1997 in Wagoner County in eastern Oklahoma of rape, lewd molestation and forcible sodomy of a 4-year-old girl. McGirt, who did not contest his guilt in the case before the justices, had appealed a 2019 ruling by a state appeals court in favor of Oklahoma.
Why the fuck is this case about over turning a child rape conviction?
The Cherokee branch of my wife's family are all die-hard Republicans.
I think treaties should be honored. And if this does that reasonably with consideration to everyone, then I’m okay with the court ruling. I hope this precedent isn’t abused for hostile reasons.
I agree. The best outcome would be for the state and the tribe to come to a new, binding agreement that just puts things back the way they were.
It would be funny, though, if the state of California had to be given back. Might cause enough hell to the electoral college to be worth the chaos.
Why the fuck is this case about over turning a child rape conviction?