{"id":9389,"date":"2021-03-24T20:16:21","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T00:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=9389"},"modified":"2021-03-24T20:46:54","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T00:46:54","slug":"endangers-everyone-on-indian-reservations-supreme-court-urged-to-respect-tribal-sovereignty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/03\/24\/endangers-everyone-on-indian-reservations-supreme-court-urged-to-respect-tribal-sovereignty\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Endangers everyone on Indian reservations&#8217;: Supreme Court urged to respect tribal sovereignty"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1014804295&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=true&#038;visual=true\"><\/iframe><div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/indianz\" title=\"indianz\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">indianz<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/indianz\/us-v-cooley-1\" title=\"United States v. 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Joshua James Cooley<\/a><\/div>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<div class=\"h2-responsive\">&#8216;Endangers everyone on Indian reservations&#8217;<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Supreme Court urged to respect tribal sovereignty<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Wednesday, March 24, 2021<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"byline\">By Acee Agoyo<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source\">Indianz.Com<\/div>\r\n<P><\/p>\r\nThe nation&#8217;s highest court has taken up its <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/03\/22\/scotusblog-supreme-court-takes-up-messy-tribal-sovereignty-case\/>first Indian law case of the term<\/a>, with a surprising number of justices seemingly ready to stand up for the sovereign authority of tribal governments, at least when it comes to policing on reservations.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nDuring oral arguments in <a href=https:\/\/sct.narf.org\/caseindexes\/us_v_cooley.html><em>United States v. Cooley<\/em><\/a> on Tuesday, several members of the U.S. Supreme Court took interest in bolstering public safety in Indian Country. They voiced concerns about the ability of non-Indians to come onto tribal land and get away with criminal activity.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n&#8220;Consider the situation where the tribal officer has reasonable suspicion that a driver is driving under the influence and would present a danger if allowed to continue to drive, but the officer is pretty certain this person is not an Indian,&#8221; Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. said <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/03\/24\/u-s-supreme-court-u-s-v-cooley\/>during the hearing<\/a>.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n&#8220;What can the tribal officer do there? Just let the person go?&#8221; Alito wondered, seemingly in awe of the idea that such an individual would in fact be allowed to keep driving simply by being non-Indian.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<div class=\" content_cards_card content_cards_domain_twitter-com\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content_cards_image\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_image_link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/indianz\/status\/1374769185918685188\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/05\/qwsf8fwm_200x200-7.jpg\" alt=\"indianz.com (@indianz) on X\">\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_title\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_title_link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/indianz\/status\/1374769185918685188\">\n\t\t\tindianz.com (@indianz) on X\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_description\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_description_link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/indianz\/status\/1374769185918685188\">\n\t\t\t<p>ICYMI: The US Supreme Court has taken up a closely-watched tribal sovereignty case. Listen to US v Cooley and see if you can tell what the justices are thinking about non-Indians who come into tribal communities. #TribalSovereignty #HonorTheTreaties https:\/\/t.co\/rzTZe9Kz0D<\/p>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_site_name\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/favicon.ico\" alt=\"X (formerly Twitter)\" class=\"content_cards_favicon\"\/>\t\tX (formerly Twitter)\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n<P><\/p>\r\nThe question  wasn&#8217;t the only one of its kind during the hearing, which ran over the 60 minutes allowed for arguments. Justice Clarence Thomas, who is widely considered to be the most conservative member of the court, took the non-Indian offender situation to an even greater extreme.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n&#8220;Let&#8217;s change the facts,&#8221; Thomas told the attorney for a non-Indian who claims a police officer from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crow-nsn.gov\/\">Crow Tribe<\/a> had no authority to investigate  his client  for suspicions actions on the reservation in Montana.\r\n<P><\/p>\r\n&#8220;Rather than the  police officer looking and determining that the respondent was nervous and that he may have had bloodshot eyes, rather, he fit the description of a serial killer &#8230; a serial killer who did not commit any of the crimes on the reservation but happened to be exactly where respondent was,&#8221; Thomas continued.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n&#8220;Would you make the exact same argument in that case?&#8221; asked Thomas.\r\n<P><\/p>\r\nUnsurprisingly, the  response  from the attorney for Joshua James Cooley    did not appear to sit well with some of the justices. Eric R. Henkel told the  court that a tribal police officer might  have to let the potential serial killer go, regardless of the danger posed to the local community.\r\n<P><\/p>\r\n&#8220;I do not think that the tribal officer would have authority to investigate and search, beyond just trying to determine  the person&#8217;s identity and whether they fit the description,&#8221; said Henkel, an attorney from Montana.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<div class=\" content_cards_card content_cards_domain_www-facebook-com\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content_cards_image\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_image_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/111290424048380\/photos\/a.111394970704592\/111973780646711\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/plugins\/content-cards\/skins\/default\/content-cards-placeholder.png\" alt=\"Facebook\">\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_title\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_title_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/111290424048380\/photos\/a.111394970704592\/111973780646711\">\n\t\t\tFacebook\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_description\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_description_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/111290424048380\/photos\/a.111394970704592\/111973780646711\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_site_name\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/rsrc.php\/y1\/r\/ay1hV6OlegS.ico\" alt=\"www.facebook.com\" class=\"content_cards_favicon\"\/>\t\twww.facebook.com\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nThe tribal officer, in other words, would just have to wait for other authorities, maybe a local sheriff or a federal agent,  to come in and assist with the investigation.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nJustice Stephen G. Breyer, who hails from the more liberal wing of the court,  seemed to have a problem with that kind of policing. He repeatedly  pushed   Henkel to explain why someone who merely  appears to be non-Indian could  get away with criminal behaviors.\r\n<P><\/p>\r\n&#8220;You can&#8217;t just look at them and see whether they&#8217;re Indian  or not,&#8221; Breyer noted. \r\n&#8220;People look  different, so I think that would be a tough one to do.&#8221;\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n Under longstanding federal law and policy, American Indians and Alaska Natives are considered to belong to a distinct political class. The characterization is not based on race &#8212; but on their status as <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2017\/05\/19\/top-interior-nominee-contradicts-preside.asp>citizens of Indian nations with government-to-government relationships<\/a> with the United States.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nPrior decisions from the Supreme Court, however, have limited the ways  in which tribes, as separate sovereigns, can exercise authority over non-Indians. They cannot arrest, prosecute or sentence non-Indians except in certain situations  involving <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/03\/09\/bill-recognizes-tribal-jurisdiction-over-non-indian-offenders\/>domestic violence offenses<\/a>.\r\n<P><\/P><div class=\"mt-1 mb-1\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8411603009680747\" data-ad-slot=\"6394965691\"><\/ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/div><p><\/p>\r\nIn this    dispute, the Crow Tribe isn&#8217;t even seeking to hold Cooley  accountable for bringing methamphetamine and a multiple firearms to  the reservation, all while driving a car with a young child as a passenger.  The <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/11111890857.pdf\">drug trafficking and weapons  charges<\/a> he is facing were filed in federal court.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n Instead, the federal government wants  the  nation&#8217;s highest court to acknowledge that tribal police officers, as    primary responders on their lands,    should be able to  carry out their duties just like their colleagues in other jurisdictions.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n&#8220;Indian tribes, like other sovereigns, have the core inherent authority to investigate and detain suspects within their borders for the violation of another sovereign&#8217;s law,&#8221; Eric Feigin, a U.S. government attorney, said in his opening remarks to the justices. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\n&#8220;As this court has recognized and as  Congress has recognized, these areas are policed primarily often by tribal officers,&#8221;  Feigin said later on during the hearing.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n&#8220;And if they lack this authority, it&#8217;s going to endanger everyone on the reservation,&#8221; said Feigin, a deputy solicitor general at the <a href=https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/>Department of Justice<\/a>.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<div class=\" content_cards_card content_cards_domain_twitter-com\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content_cards_image\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_image_link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/indianz\/status\/1374155613090033669\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/card_img\/2082735141676359680\/HBApiUgx?format=jpg&#038;name=orig\" alt=\"indianz.com (@indianz) on X\">\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_title\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_title_link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/indianz\/status\/1374155613090033669\">\n\t\t\tindianz.com (@indianz) on X\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_description\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_description_link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/indianz\/status\/1374155613090033669\">\n\t\t\t<p>\u201cAre you an Indian, sir?\u201d The answer to the question is at the heart of a dispute before the nation&#8217;s highest court. Elizabeth Reese @yunpovi has your preview ahead of arguments in this closely-watched case. #SupremeCourt #TribalSovereignty https:\/\/t.co\/Uwipg8EHoA<\/p>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_site_name\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/favicon.ico\" alt=\"X (formerly Twitter)\" class=\"content_cards_favicon\"\/>\t\tX (formerly Twitter)\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nJustice Amy Coney Barrett, who is the newest member of the court, appeared to be   interested in the inherent sovereignty  argument, at least  in the law enforcement context. She asked the non-Indian defendant&#8217;s attorney to explain why tribes should be treated any different from states, or  even the federal government.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nIn doing so, it was clear Barrett had read up on Supreme Court decisions  that limited tribal authority  over non-Indians in   civil matters. She seemed to place  criminal activity, and the ability to look into it, in a different light.\r\n<P><\/p>\r\n&#8220;Why is it unfair,  on that rationale, simply to submit him to the authority of a police officer in a temporary  stop?&#8221; said Barrett, who joined the court last October following the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.\r\n<P><\/p>\r\nBarrett&#8217;s presence on the bench has pushed the high court in a more conservative direction. Of the nine  justices, six were nominated by Republican presidents. Of those, three were picked by Donald Trump, whose  record on Indian issues was less than stellar, as he often took action without consulting tribes affected by his policies.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nYet  the court&#8217;s most recent  tribal rights  decision was written by one of his picks. Justice Neil Gorsuch, whose experience in Indian law is unprecedented, wrote the <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2020\/07\/09\/on-the-far-end-of-the-trail-of-tears-nat.asp>widely celebrated ruling in <em>McGirt v. Oklahoma<\/em><\/a>, which confirmed that the reservation of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcn-nsn.gov\/\">Muscogee (Creek) Nation<\/a> continues to exist.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<div class=\" content_cards_card content_cards_domain_www-facebook-com\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content_cards_image\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_image_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Crow-Tribe-Police-Dept-111290424048380\/photos\/111394950704594\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/plugins\/content-cards\/skins\/default\/content-cards-placeholder.png\" alt=\"Facebook\">\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_title\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_title_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Crow-Tribe-Police-Dept-111290424048380\/photos\/111394950704594\">\n\t\t\tFacebook\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_description\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_description_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Crow-Tribe-Police-Dept-111290424048380\/photos\/111394950704594\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_site_name\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/rsrc.php\/y1\/r\/ay1hV6OlegS.ico\" alt=\"www.facebook.com\" class=\"content_cards_favicon\"\/>\t\twww.facebook.com\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n<P><\/p>\r\nOn Tuesday, Gorsuch expressed concerns only with the way the Department of Justice framed the <em>Cooley<\/em> case. He said he would have argued it from  an even more pro-tribal sovereignty angle.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n&#8220;I guess I would have  approached this thinking that tribal sovereignty remains until and unless Congress has withdrawn  it in some fashion,&#8221; Gorsuch informed  the government attorney.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nLater, Gorsuch tried to get   the non-Indian defendant&#8217;s attorney to admit that being stopped by a tribal officer isn&#8217;t such a big deal, and that it only becomes an issue if the officer engaged in behavior that violates the constitutional rights of a non-Indian. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nBut since tribes can&#8217;t be sued without their consent due to sovereign immunity, Gorsuch was told that the only way out was for the Supreme Court to ignore the evidence of drugs and firearms   in Cooley&#8217;s car on the Crow Reservation. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\n&#8220;I think there&#8217;s   virtually no remedy other than exclusion of evidence in this circumstance,&#8221; Cooley&#8217;s attorney said.\r\n<p><\/P>\r\n<figure>\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" data-attachment-id=\"9410\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/03\/24\/endangers-everyone-on-indian-reservations-supreme-court-urged-to-respect-tribal-sovereignty\/supremecourt-12\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/25\/supremecourt-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"supremecourt\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The U.S. Supreme Court is seen behind barbed wire and barricades on 2nd Street NE in Washington, D.C. The more well-known entrance on 1st Street NE is currently unreachable by the general public following the violence at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Photo by Indianz.Com &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/&quot;&gt;(CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/25\/supremecourt-1024x768.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/25\/supremecourt-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"supremecourt\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9410\" \/>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">The U.S. Supreme Court is seen behind barbed wire and barricades on 2nd Street NE in Washington, D.C. The more well-known entrance on 1st Street NE is currently unreachable by the general public following the violence at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Photo by Indianz.Com <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/\">(CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<p><\/P>\r\nThe second Indian law case on the Supreme Court&#8217;s docket is <a href=https:\/\/sct.narf.org\/caseindexes\/mnuchin_v_chehalis.html><em>Yellen v. Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation<\/em><\/a>, a bitter dispute over the ability of Alaska Native corporations to receive <a href=covid19\/>COVID-19<\/a> funding from the federal government. Arguments have been scheduled for April 19.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe <a href=https:\/\/sct.narf.org\/termindexes\/october2020.html>court&#8217;s current session<\/a>  began last October. Decisions in <em>Cooley<\/eM> and <em> Chehalis<\/em> are expected before the term concludes, usually before the end of June.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nThe court, however, has a history of making Indian Country wait. The ruling in <em>McGirt<\/em>, which was decided by a narrow vote of 5 to 4, wasn&#8217;t issued until the very last day of the <a href=https:\/\/sct.narf.org\/termindexes\/october2019.html>October 2019 term<\/a>, which itself ran later than usual due to the impacts of the coronavirus on the nation. \r\n<P><\/P>\r\nWhile  the underlying facts of <em>McGirt<\/em> were connected to a criminal case in the state of Oklahoma, the outcome  itself centered on    interpretations of  actions taken by  Congress. The liberal leaning justices sided with the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, with Gorsuch providing the key vote in favor of the tribe.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe last Supreme Court dispute that was directly connected to criminal prosecutions in Indian Country was <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/archive\/001818.asp><em>U.S. v. Lara<\/em><\/a> from 2004. Unlike <em>McGirt<\/em>, the  vote wasn&#8217;t even close   &#8212; it was 7 to 2 in support of the right of tribes to exercise jurisdiction over all Indians. The <a href=https:\/\/www.oyez.org\/cases\/2003\/03-107>dissenting votes<\/a>  came from an unusual combination of one conservative learning  justice and a liberal one.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<div class=\"h4-responsive\">Related Stories<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/03\/24\/u-s-supreme-court-u-s-v-cooley\/\" title=\"U.S. Supreme Court: United States v. Joshua James Cooley\">U.S. Supreme Court: United States v. 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