Congressional Research Service Issues Legal Sidebar White Paper on SCOTUS Bolsters State Criminal Jurisdiction on Tribal Lands
July 04, 2022
July 04, 2022
WASHINGTON, July 4 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper on SCOTUS bolsters state criminal jurisdiction on tribal lands (No. LSB10778) on July 1, 2022, by legislative attorney Mainon A. Schwartz:
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Rejecting the view that states lack criminal jurisdiction on tribal reservations unless Congress specifically grants such jurisdiction, on June 29, 2022, the Supreme Court announced in Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta that . . .
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Rejecting the view that states lack criminal jurisdiction on tribal reservations unless Congress specifically grants such jurisdiction, on June 29, 2022, the Supreme Court announced in Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta that . . .