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Personal Jurisdiction

People who follow Federal Indian Law know that Rehnquist invented, as far as American legal history is concerned, medieval "personal jurisdiction" in Oliphant.

For those that missed Oliphant, reasoning from the first-ever pushing-match between a Tribal Peace Officer and a Drunk White, Rehnquist reasoned that Whites should not be subject to Tribal Courts when on Tribal Lands.

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