{"id":25566,"date":"2022-06-29T10:02:27","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T14:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=25566"},"modified":"2022-06-30T10:14:28","modified_gmt":"2022-06-30T14:14:28","slug":"u-s-supreme-court-decision-in-oklahoma-v-castro-huerta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/06\/29\/u-s-supreme-court-decision-in-oklahoma-v-castro-huerta\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Supreme Court decision in Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta"},"content":{"rendered":"\"U.S.<\/a>
The U.S. Supreme Court is seen behind barricades on June 26, 2022. The barricades were erected in response to protests over a controversial decision to limit the reproductive rights of women. Photo by Indianz.Com (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n
U.S. Supreme Court decision in Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta<\/em><\/div>\r\n
Wednesday, June 29, 2022<\/div>\r\n
By Acee Agoyo<\/div>\r\n
Indianz.Com<\/div>\r\n

<\/p>\r\nWASHINGTON, D.C. — \r\nThe U.S. Supreme Court<\/a> finally released a long-awaited decision in Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta<\/em><\/a>, the last of three Indian law cases heard during a highly controversial session.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nBy a vote of 5 to 4 on Wednesday, the court held that the state of Oklahoma can exercise criminal jurisdiction over non-Indians who commit crimes in Indian Country. The decision is a setback for tribal interests who have been closely watching the contentious case<\/a>.\r\n

<\/p>\r\n“The classification of eastern Oklahoma as Indian Country has raised urgent questions about which government or governments have jurisdiction to prosecute crimes commit\u00adted there,” Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote in the majority opinion<\/a> that embraced the state’s relentless efforts to undermine tribal sovereignty following the Supreme Court’s historic ruling in the McGirt<\/em> case<\/a> exactly two years ago.\r\n

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