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U.S. Territories
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Online2023
Standardizing Appeals From Domestic Dependent Sovereign Courts
The U.S. Supreme Court’s historic decision in McGirt v. Oklahoma held that much of northeastern Oklahoma is Native American land. As a result, the…
Campbell Sode -
ArticleVol. 101 · Iss. 1
The Territories Under Text, History, and Tradition
In two of its major decisions in the 2021–2022 Term, New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n v. Bruen and Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s…
Andrew Willinger -
ArticleVol. 88 · Iss. 3
Natural Law and the Rhetoric of Empire: Reynolds v. United States, Polygamy, and Imperialism
In 1879, the U.S. Supreme Court construed the Free Exercise Clause for the first time, holding in Reynolds v. United States that Congress could punish Mormon…
Nathan B. Oman