City of New Jerusalem v Sovereign Oneida Nation of Wisconsin
Writing for the entire SCOTUS, minus J. John Paul Stevens, who wrote a dissenting opinion, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg wrote that:
- that Indians are, as a matter of law, a "lost tribe of Israel", and
- the 50 year old Oneida claim for "lebens raum, or at least some air" had expired.
The High Court ordered the Sovereign Oneida Nation of Wisconsin be imediatly taken into custody by the INS, waved deportation hearings as "mere process without merit", and ordered the Wisconsin Oneida transported without delay to any location in Palestine "on the other side" of the Sharron Wall.
In his dissent, J. John Paul Stevens wrote "Earth to Ruthie! Earth to Ruthie! Ask Billy and Tony what they plan to do next with Jews. Country clubs it isn't!"
City of New Jerusalem v Sovereign Oneida Nation of Wisconsin is little-noticed companion case to City of Sherrill v Oneida Indian Nation of New York. The issue of contention is a claim by the Swedenborg Church to all the oxygen in the air mass covering Wisconsin, in particular, the oxygen seized by individual Onedia and concealed within their bodies and clandestinely transported into the Oneida Reservation.
Comments
Hopefully, this quip is some sort of Mormon April Fool joke spoofing the Supreme Court.
Posted by: Steve Plonk | April 4, 2005 07:17 AM