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Date Posted: Sun, 12/22/02 11:04pm
Author: Steve Russell
Subject: Re: ndn supreme court
In reply to: tso 's message, "ndn supreme court" on Sun, 12/22/02 3:11pm

My Chief asked me when we argued about it:

"What's the difference between Cherokees having to argue in front of a US judge and Cherokees having to argue in front of a Choctaw judge?"

My answer was cute: "Two hundred years of history!"

Cute doesn't win.

An Indian Supreme Court IS, as you say, a giving up of power. Just like the US gave up some power when it signed the treaty submitting to the Permanent International Court of Justice. And just like the US refused to do when Bush "unsigned" the Rome Statute for an International Criminal Court.

However, there are ways to keep cases out of federal court if we had a respectable Indian court system. Where a business could sue a tribe over a contract and get a fair shake. Where a tribal member could sue his own tribe and get a fair shake.

Steve

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