Shorter Ted Cruz: "INJUNS!"*

Really? Last time I checked, you had an Ivy League law degree & experience arguing in front of SCOTUS. Please identify the legal precedent that will result in "giving away half of Manhattan," & a case currently on appeal where that's the issue. Include citations. https://t.co/0gDJVSedJt

— Sarah Rumpf (@rumpfshaker) July 9, 2020

Treaties with Native Americans mean nothing.

Native Americans are not "real" Americans.

Only white Americans are entitled to "ownership" of any land that is not otherwise utterly useless, in America.

"White" state courts should try criminal cases involving Native Americans because...well, because, that's why.

(The Court did not give "away half of Oklahoma."  It upheld the application of the Major Crimes Act by acknowledging the legitimacy of a treaty with the Cree Nation.

The Major Crimes Act (MCA) provides that, within “the Indian country,” “[a]ny Indian who commits” certain enumerated offenses “shall be sub- ject to the same law and penalties as all other persons committing any of [those] offenses, within the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States.” 18 U. S. C. §1153(a). “Indian country” includes “all land within the limits of any Indian reservation under the jurisdiction of the United States Government.” §1151. Petitioner Jimcy McGirt was convicted by an Oklahoma state court of three serious sexual offenses. He unsuccessfully argued in state postconviction proceedings that the State lacked jurisdiction to prosecute him because he is an enrolled member of the Seminole Nation and his crimes took place on the Creek Reservation. He seeks a new trial, which, he contends, must take place in federal court.

Held: For MCA purposes, land reserved for the Creek Nation since the 19th century remains “Indian country.” Pp. 3–42.

Cruz knows better.  He just doesn't want you to think he does.)


*Yes, I know, you have to be at least "this old" to get that reference.  It's a knee-slapper, lemme tell ya!  Punks.