American Indian Sovereignty and the U.S. Supreme Court: The Masking of JusticeUniversity of Texas Press, 01 հնվ, 2010 թ. - 421 էջ "Like the miner's canary, the Indian marks the shift from fresh air to poison gas in our political atmosphere; and our treatment of Indians, even more than our treatment of other minorities, reflects the rise and fall in our democratic faith," wrote Felix S. Cohen, an early expert in Indian legal affairs. In this book, David Wilkins charts the "fall in our democratic faith" through fifteen landmark cases in which the Supreme Court significantly curtailed Indian rights. He offers compelling evidence that Supreme Court justices selectively used precedents and facts, both historical and contemporary, to arrive at decisions that have undermined tribal sovereignty, legitimated massive tribal land losses, sanctioned the diminishment of Indian religious rights, and curtailed other rights as well. These case studies—and their implications for all minority groups—make important and troubling reading at a time when the Supreme Court is at the vortex of political and moral developments that are redefining the nature of American government, transforming the relationship between the legal and political branches, and altering the very meaning of federalism. |
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... majority of which are completely landlocked by both state and federal jurisdictions. Most tribal nations operate under their own constitutions and exercise a multitude of governmental powers, some of which legally conflict with the ...
... majority of western states had to include in their organic documents before they were considered eligible for admission as states give further evidence of federal preemption.33 Typically, these disclaimers consisted of provisions in ...
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The Era of Congressional Ascendancy over Tribes 18861903 | 64 |
The Era of Myths Citizenship Nomadism and Moral Progress | 118 |
The Era of Judicial Backlash and Land Claims | 186 |
The Era of the Imperial Judiciary | 235 |
Removing the Masks | 297 |
Cases Cited | 311 |
Supreme Court Justices Authoring the Fifteen Opinions Analyzed | 316 |
Notes | 319 |
Glossary | 365 |
References | 379 |
Index | 391 |