SCOTUS refuses to hear land-into-trust case
Some good news coming out of the top court (for once). From Indianz:
The administration of President Barack Obama received some good news on Wednesday with the end of a potentially troublesome land-into-trust case.The U.S. Supreme Court, without comment, declined to hear MichGo v. Kempthorne, a lawsuit that tested the ability of the federal government to acquire land for tribes. The order from the high court came only a few minutes after Ken Salazar, a former senator from Colorado, started his job as the Secretary of the Interior Department.
The move effectively settles a debate that has haunted Interior as far back as the Clinton administration. For years, tribal foes have argued that the land-into-trust provisions of the Indian Reorganization Act are unconstitutional.
Every court that has taken up that question has rejected it. So the action yesterday indicates the justices aren't interested in overturning the 1st, 2nd, 8th, 9th, 10th and the D.C. circuits, whose combined jurisdictions cover nearly every tribe in the country.
The decision can be found here.
Of course, that doesn't settle the issue, with a decision by the Supremes on Carcieri v. Kempthorne still outstanding.
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