@BernieSanders It's not as detailed as his 2016 platform but here are some 2020 highlights from @BernieSanders:
* Honor Native American tribal treaty rights and sovereignty, moving away from a relationship of paternalism and control toward one of deference and support. #HonorTheTreaties
* Enact a Green New Deal which includes a federal job guarantee to rebuild Native communities. The Green New Deal will undo environmental damage in Indian country, as well as provide jobs and rebuild the local economies of those communities. #GreenNewDeal
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It’s a packed room as the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs prepares to hear from William “Billy” Kirkland, a citizen of the Navajo Nation who has been nominated to be the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs at the Department of the Interior.
“This is a big deal”: Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) opens hearing for William “Billy” Kirkland (Navajo) to be Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs. Due to ongoing votes on US Senate floor, Senators will be in and out. Only Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nevada) here so far.
The Haaland v. Brackeen has been one of the most closely watched Indian law cases in recent history. At stake is the Indian Child Welfare Act, the gold standard in child welfare law and the law that recognizes that tribes have a say in the futures of their children. #ICWA
The decision in Haaland v. Brackeen is noticeably complex. The entire document, including the syllabus, opinion, concurring opinions and dissent totals 133 pages. #ICWA#DefendICWA#ProtectICWA
Some bad news for Indian Country as U.S. Supreme Court rules that tribes do not enjoy sovereign immunity in federal bankruptcy proceedings.
Decision is 8-1, with Justice Neil Gorsuch the lone voice in support of tribes.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson authors the court's opinion.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson:"Under our precedents, we will not find an abrogation of tribal sovereign immunity unless Congress has conveyed its intent to abrogate in unequivocal terms. That is a high bar. But for the reasons explained below, we find it has been satisfied here."
Justice Clarence Thomas, naturally, chimes in with this nugget of wisdom: "As I have explained, to the extent that tribes possess sovereign immunity at all, that immunity does not extend to 'suits arising out of a tribe’s commercial activities conducted beyond its territory.'"