From the opinion:
We are “reluctant to read into ambiguous statutory text” a “radical or fundamental change” to that longstanding statutory scheme. Congress did not take a wrecking ball to all sports gambling regulations built up over decades by
Michigan State University, College of Law Blogs
Latest from Michigan State University, College of Law
The Tohono O’odham Border Wall Fight Escalates after Denial of Request for Prelim Injunction
In US District Judge Richard Leon’s August 13 decision denying TO’s request for a preliminary injunction to stop construction the border wall on its reservation, he said:
While I have concluded that a preliminary injunction is unwarranted, I fully expect
Seneca Nation President condemns renaming Lake Ontario “Lake America”
Map of the Five Nations, 1730 CE. Darlington map collection, Archives Service Center, University Library System, University of Pittsburgh.
From Seneca Nation President J. Conrad Seneca:
Lake Ontario derives its name from Indigenous roots. In our traditional Seneca language,
Ninth Circuit Rules in Favor of State/Tribal Regulation of Prediction Markets
Michelle Bryan and Kekek Stark on the Reconsideration of Precedents on State v. Tribal Title to Submerged Reservation Lands
Michelle Bryan and Kekek Stark have posted “Restoring the Full Waterway Bundle (Part I): A Reckoning for Indigenous Title to Submerged Lands” on SSRN.
Highly recommended. Any work, especially great work like this, that connects Indigenous philosophies to
Kekek Stark on Tribal Laws of Justice and Justiciability
Kekek Stark has posted “Tribal Law Interpretations of Justice and Justiciability” on SSRN.
Highly recommended. More great work on Anishinaabe Inaakoniewin from Prof. Stark.
Here is the abstract:
In the field of tribal law, the term justice is
More Roadless Rule Resources: Monte Mills & Martin Nie on the Tribal Implications of Rescission
I’m adding two valuable memos by Monte Mills and Martin Nie to the Roadless Rule resources posted yesterday. Mills is the Charles I. Stone Professor of Law and Director of the Native American Law Center at the University of Washington,
WI DNR Asks Enbridge to Halt Line 5 Reroute Work After Spill & Demands Answers about Tribal Communication
From the WI DNR Letter of August 27:
Thank you for the updates provided on the afternoon of Wednesday, August 26, 2026, regarding the liquified natural gas spill near Saxon, Wisconsin. As noted during the call, the agency is deeply
