U.S. Supreme Court deems half of Oklahoma a Native American reservation

Re:U.S. Supreme Court deems half of Oklahoma a Native Americ... by mywittyname on Thursday July 09, 2020 @03:53PM (#23784348)

> In retrospect, this strategy turned out to be pretty effective.

You think so? It lasted all of fourteen years and did very little to stop the flow of alcohol throughout the country. And I believe it's the only amendment to have been repealed.

If it were a legislative action, rather than an amendment, I suspect it would have been more effective in the long term since legislation is usually more thorough and detailed than constitutional amendments.

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Re:U.S. Supreme Court deems half of Oklahoma a Native Americ... by rudolph9 on Thursday July 09, 2020 @05:19PM (#23785363)

I think their referring to the 2/3 of the house and senate that voted for it and 3/4 of states ratified it.

Weather or not the law had the desired effect relative to hypothetical legislative action is an open debate but undoubtedly could be overturned with less votes.

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