"Throughout the country, state and local authorities are taking a cue from recent Supreme Court decisions as license to trample on tribal sovereignty. In a 2001 decision involving Nevada game wardens serving a search warrant on tribal land, Justice Anthony Scalia declared open season on sovereignty by siding with the state. Local jurisdictions have since responded with gusto, staging shows of force that are as melodramatic as they are unnecessary - and illegal."

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Harold Monteau: Who’s Next? Kansas’ ‘Dodge City’ tactics direct consequence of U.S. Supreme Court decis (Indian Country Today 5/18)

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