Watson on line two...
Guess it's time for Congress to flex those plenary powers, neh?
Judge tosses motion to stop Cherokee Nation's general election
Associated Press - June 13, 2007 7:15 PM ETTULSA, Okla. (AP) - A federal judge today denied a motion to stop the Cherokee Nation's general election scheduled later this month.
Descendants of people the tribe once owned as slaves filed the motion for a preliminary injunction last month to stop the election, in which current Chief Chad Smith is seeking re-election.
US District Judge Henry H. Kennedy Junior denied the injunction because a Cherokee tribal court last month reinstated the freedmen descendants' right to vote and the Bureau of Indian Affairs had approved the June 23rd election.
