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Congressional Delegation Reacts to Supreme Court Opinion on McGirt v. Oklahoma<\/h1>\n
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Press Release<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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July 9, 2020<\/p>\n

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Washington, D.C. <\/strong>\u2013 Today, after the Supreme Court of the United States ruled on McGirt v. Oklahoma<\/em><\/a>, Oklahoma\u2019s congressional delegation in the U.S. House of Representatives issued the following joint statement. The case and resulting opinion relate to the authority and jurisdiction of the Five Tribes of Oklahoma \u2013 Muscogee (Creek), Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw and Seminole Nations \u2013 to prosecute crimes on their tribal territories<\/p>\n

\u201cToday, the Supreme Court provided a long-awaited ruling on McGirt v. Oklahoma<\/em> on an issue concerning the Five Tribes of Oklahoma and all Oklahomans. We are reviewing the decision carefully and stand ready to work with both tribal and state officials to ensure stability and consistency in applying law that brings all criminals to justice. Indeed, no criminal is ever exempt or immune from facing justice, and we remain committed to working together to both affirm tribal sovereignty and ensure safety and justice for all Oklahomans.\u201d<\/p>\n

Text of the Supreme Court\u2019s opinion is available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Oklahoma\u2019s congressional delegation in the U.S. House of Representatives consists of Kevin Hern (Republican) , Markwayne Mullin (Republican),\u00a0Frank Lucas (Republican), Tom Cole (Republican) and Kendra Horn (Democrat).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

‘We are reviewing the decision carefully and stand ready to work with both tribal and state officials to ensure stability and consistency in applying law that brings all criminals to justice,” Oklahoma’s delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/z\/supremecourt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/z\/supremecourt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/z\/supremecourt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/z\/supremecourt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/z\/supremecourt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/z\/supremecourt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":356,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/z\/supremecourt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350\/revisions\/356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/z\/supremecourt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/z\/supremecourt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/z\/supremecourt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}