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Re:U.S. Supreme Court deems half of Oklahoma a Native Americ... by wwright on Thursday July 09, 2020 @01:01PM (#23782297)
I said _treat_ it as valid. There are many valid laws we don't treat as valid (such as international ones).

It was a genuine question though; I was wondering if someone more knowledgeable than I knew how it would be handled :)

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Re:U.S. Supreme Court deems half of Oklahoma a Native Americ... by IncRnd on Thursday July 09, 2020 @01:42PM (#23782828)
International Laws should not be expected to have juirisdiction inside of the United States.
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Re:U.S. Supreme Court deems half of Oklahoma a Native Americ... by wwright on Thursday July 09, 2020 @04:24PM (#23784736)
That is certainly the opinion of the United States ;) (I'm referring to the laws being ignored by the US government itself, to be clear)
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Re:U.S. Supreme Court deems half of Oklahoma a Native Americ... by IncRnd on Friday July 10, 2020 @11:39AM (#23792637)
Ah, yes. I see. There is no doubt that the Federal Government ignores a number of Federal laws. More importantly, I believe, they ignore the US Constitution and Amendments.
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Re:U.S. Supreme Court deems half of Oklahoma a Native Americ... by throwaway0a5e on Thursday July 09, 2020 @01:18PM (#23782511)
>There are many valid laws we don't treat as valid

Including several on the bill of rights.

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Re:U.S. Supreme Court deems half of Oklahoma a Native Americ... by IncRnd on Thursday July 09, 2020 @01:43PM (#23782839)
I agree 100% with your point but would just make one change to the wording. The Bill of Rights isn't made up of laws.
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Re:U.S. Supreme Court deems half of Oklahoma a Native Americ... by JoeAltmaier on Thursday July 09, 2020 @01:44PM (#23782851)
Well, they have binding legal force. They are Law. So, a kind of Super Law.
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Re:U.S. Supreme Court deems half of Oklahoma a Native Americ... by IncRnd on Thursday July 09, 2020 @03:33PM (#23784120)
They are Amendments that enshrine rights and limit the Federal Government. Amendments take more than a simple majority to pass, which is all a law takes.
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