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  1. Abhorsen

    United States Supreme Court takes up Oklahoma Question (Again)

    I know they can jurisdiction strip, but the rest is, I think, wrong. Even if congress says it can do so without expressly stating so, that doesn't mean that takes effect retroactively, just that they can do it from now on. Also, whatever happens, Gorsuch is definitely voting for the...
  2. Abhorsen

    United States Supreme Court takes up Oklahoma Question (Again)

    You can't really do that. That would be a post-facto law, which are specifically banned by the constitution.
  3. Abhorsen

    United States Supreme Court takes up Oklahoma Question (Again)

    No. That's also not true. Treaties are treated as being added to US law, and can even be declared unconstitutional, see Reid v. Covert, in which the Court held (on a rehearing!) that trial by jury cannot be suspended by a treaty.
  4. Abhorsen

    United States Supreme Court takes up Oklahoma Question (Again)

    Who do you think decides what the treaties mean? That's the court's job.
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