Congress leader Rahul Gandhi stooped to a new low in furtherance of his caste rhetoric on Wednesday and attacked the judiciary saying that while Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was granted bail in a liquor scam case, former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren remains in jail because he is an Adivasi. The national media has forgotten him; it doesn’t talk …
CNN — The Supreme Court on Monday held that a member of the Navajo Nation could be tried in a certain type of Indian court as well as a federal district court for the same crime without violating the double jeopardy clause of the Constitution. “Because Denezpi’s second prosecution did not place him in jeopardy again ‘for the same offence,’ …
LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON ― It’s bad enough that Congress let the Violence Against Women Act lapse in February. “Placing paternalistic restrictions on tribal courts in the name of ‘due process’ is nothing more than a disguise for prejudice.” Ernst’s bill also puts new restrictions on tribal courts that go beyond those imposed on federal and state courts, including audits …
Sen. Joni Ernst is taking heat for introducing a revised Violence Against Women Act that would weaken protections for Native Americans. “Placing paternalistic restrictions on tribal courts in the name of ‘due process’ is nothing more than a disguise for prejudice.” - Mary Kathryn Nagle of the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center Most alarmingly, the GOP bill would leave Native …
