U.S. Supreme Court Bulletin
http://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/sct/2019-2020update.html
Petitions for certiorari were filed in two cases on 1/30/20 and 2/3/20:
James v. JW Gaming Development (Sovereign Immunity)
Native Wholesale Supply Company v. California, ex rel. Xavier Becerra (Sovereign Immunity)
Federal Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/federal/2020.html
Narragansett Indian Tribal Historic Preservation Office v. FERC (National Historic Preservation Act; Cultural Resources)
United States v. Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe of Washington (Sovereign Immunity)
State Courts Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/state/2020.html
Herpel v. County of Riverside (Tax Regulation)
In Regard to the Guardianship of Eliza W. (Indian Child Welfare Act)
U.S. Legislation - 116th Congress Bulletin
https://narf.org/nill/bulletins/legislation/116_uslegislation.html
H.R.5850 - To expedite and streamline the deployment of affordable broadband service on Tribal land, and for other purposes
Law Review & Bar Journal Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/lawreviews/2020.htmlMoving forward from the scoop era: Providing active efforts under the Indian Child Welfare Act in Illinois.
News Bulletin
https://www.narf.org/nill/bulletins/news/currentnews.html
This week, in brief:
- Court focuses on Native idea of family
- Indian inmate files opening brief in Supreme Court sovereignty case
- Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals upholds Ute Indian Tribe's exclusive right to control its lands
- Gabe Galanda: The United States must help stop disenrollment
- Sacred Native American burial sites are being blown up for Trump's border wall, lawmaker says
- South Dakota bars IDs and 'disenfranchises' tribal citizens
- Cherokee journalist Rebecca Nagle wins prize for work on Indian law case
- South Dakota approves $100 million solar project on Pine Ridge Reservation
- Native American Jewish Justice Raquel Montoya-Lewis tells us how she made history
- Ballot harvesting or a voting assist?
