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Argument in double-jeopardy case shines spotlight on prosecutorial issues faced by Native tribes

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He suggested that the tribe could enter into a contract with the federal government for funding to administer prosecutions through its own prosecutor. Kimberly responded that there are two easy fixes, both of which, he asserted, respect tribal sovereignty.

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The Slippery Notion of Boycotts in the Anti-ESG Movement

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There are several statutes that form the basis of our antitrust laws. They also required any financial company entering (or renewing) contracts with state entities to affirm they do not, and will not, boycott those companies. And what are the permissible boundaries of that behavior? What is a Boycott, according to antitrust law?

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Funding for Native healthcare programs, and the Armed Career Criminal Act returns

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To promote tribal self-governance, Congress allows tribes to contract with the Indian Health Service to oversee these programs themselves. The program also provides for the agency to pay the tribe “contract support costs” that the tribe uses to run the program, because it lacks the existing bureaucracy to operate the program.

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Whether “bump stocks” are “machineguns,” and a very specific arbitration issue

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Circuit upheld the regulation, holding that “the disputed rule is consistent with the best interpretation of ‘machine gun’ under the governing statutes.” In Cargill , the en banc U.S. Coinbase asserts that this situation arises frequently, and it argues that the circuits are divided: While the U.S. relisted after the Oct.

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Are Alaska Native corporations Indian tribes? A multimillion-dollar question

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Oklahoma last term, the court confronted the complex past of Oklahoma’s Native nations, Chehalis turns on the unique legal history of Alaskan Natives. Today, the regional ANCs in particular are among the most important companies in Alaska, with billions in revenue from energy development, tourism and government contracting.

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Supreme Court to consider bid for first religious charter school

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The Oklahoma charter school board that approved the Catholic schools application tells the justices that a state supreme court ruling invalidating its contract with the school violates the Constitution and harms lower-income families. Isidore is a private actor working under a contract with the state.

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Red states urge Supreme Court to block suits against big oil

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Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Relisted after the Jan. 10 and Jan. 17 conferences.) Relisted after the Jan. 10 and Jan 17 conferences.) Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School v.

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