Indian reservation

Should eastern Oklahoma be considered an Indian reservation? : NPR

The Supreme Court is hearing a landmark case in which it will have to decide whether nearly half of Oklahoma, a vast area including much of Tulsa, is an Indian reservation. MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Today the Supreme Court heard arguments on whether the entire eastern half of Oklahoma should be considered an Indian reservation. […]

Indian reservation

Is half of Oklahoma an Indian reservation? The Supreme Court examines the merits

“There is a fundamental principle of law that stems from Sherlock Holmes, which is the dog that did not bark,” he said. “And how come none of this has been acknowledged by anyone or affirmed by the Creek Nation, as far as I know, for 100 years?” Ian H. Gershengorn, an attorney for Mr. Murphy, […]

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Analysis of the arguments: Judges doubt the ramifications of a vast Indian reservation in Oklahoma

By Ronald Mann November 27, 2018 at 6:24 p.m. Lisa S. Blatt for the Petitioner This morning brought to the judges a momentous case of a different kind. Carpenter v. Murphy does not raise issues of actual innocence, ineffective assistance of counsel, or permissible methods of execution. Rather, it poses a different kind of question […]