{"id":4684,"date":"2020-05-10T22:50:28","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T02:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/covid19\/?p=4684"},"modified":"2020-05-10T23:26:18","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T03:26:18","slug":"u-s-supreme-court-washington-dc-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/2020\/05\/10\/u-s-supreme-court-washington-dc-2\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Supreme Court (Washington DC)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4685\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4685\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4685\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/supremecourt-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/supremecourt-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/supremecourt-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/supremecourt-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/supremecourt-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/supremecourt-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/supremecourt-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4685\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The U.S. Supreme Court. Photo by Indianz.Com (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/2020\/03\/30\/supreme-court-churns-along-with-indian-c.asp\"><em>McGirt v. Oklahoma<\/em><\/a> at 10am Eastern on May 11, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The argument will take place by teleconference, as the nation&#8217;s highest court is closed amid the COVID-19 pandemic. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?471673-1\/supreme-court-oral-argument-mcgirt-v-oklahoma\">C-SPAN will carry the audio live<\/a> on its website.<\/p>\n<p>The proceeding is scheduled to last an hour. At issue is whether the state of Oklahoma can exercise jurisdiction over crime committed by Indian people within the boundaries of the reservation promised to the Muscogee (Creek) Nation by treaty.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney Ian Heath Gershengorn will argue for Jimcy McGirt, a citizen of the Seminole Nation who is serving an extremely lengthy sentence in Oklahoma for crimes against minors. His slot lasts 15 minutes, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DayCall_05-11-20.pdf\">Supreme Court&#8217;s Day Call<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>SUPREME COURT: <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DayCall_05-11-20.pdf\">Day Call for May 11, 2020<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Attorney Riyaz Kanji will argue on behalf of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, in support of McGirt&#8217;s position. He also has 15 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Mithun Mansinghani, the Solicitor General for Oklahoma, will defend the state&#8217;s prosecution. He has 15 minutes to argue that the Creek Reservation was diminished.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, Edwin Kneedler, the Deputy Solicitor General of the U.S. Department of Justice, will have 15 minutes. The Trump administration is supporting the state of Oklahoma in the case.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>DOCKET SHEET: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/search.aspx?filename=\/docket\/docketfiles\/html\/public\/18-9526.html\">Jimcy McGirt&nbsp;v. Oklahoma<\/a><\/li>\n<li>TRIBAL SUPREME COURT PROJECT: <a href=\"https:\/\/sct.narf.org\/caseindexes\/mcgirt_v_ok.html\">Jimcy McGirt&nbsp;v. Oklahoma<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The legal duty and moral obligation of the U.S. Supreme Court is crystal clear: Return eastern <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Oklahoma?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Oklahoma<\/a> to the Five Civilized Tribes. Oral arguments on Monday, May 11, 2020. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ThisLand?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ThisLand<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Sovereignty?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Sovereignty<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tIjLHvHLvn\">https:\/\/t.co\/tIjLHvHLvn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; indianz.com (@indianz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/indianz\/status\/1258868575403737089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 8, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Amid <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> pandemic, the U.S. Supreme Court on May 11, 2020, will hear arguments in one of the most important Indian Country cases in decades. Cherokee journalist Rebecca Nagle <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rebeccanagle?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@rebeccanagle<\/a> has more in The Atlantic <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAtlantic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheAtlantic<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ThisLand?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ThisLand<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Sovereignty?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Sovereignty<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Pp5IKrs3io\">https:\/\/t.co\/Pp5IKrs3io<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; indianz.com (@indianz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/indianz\/status\/1258760134517567490?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 8, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in McGirt v. 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