“Their petitions are somewhat remarkable in that they’re a naked grab for a do-over with the court,” said Stephen Greetham, senior counsel for the Chickasaw Nation, which in its amicus brief called out the governor’s “cynical reliance on the Court’s recent change in composition” to overturn the precedent. The justices will consider Oklahoma’s petitions as the court faces historic-low public approval and progressives call for court-packing while the Republican-appointed majority considers overruling longstanding abortion precedents. Justice Neil Gorsuch, in his majority opinion, was unmoved by the state’s warnings of public-safety disaster if the court ruled as it did.ĭoubling down on those warnings, Stitt earlier this year cited Barrett’s replacement of the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who ruled against Oklahoma, as giving the state a chance in its long-shot appeal as it presses over 30 petitions asking the court to change its mind. Oklahoma, the 5-4 ruling hailed by tribes as a long-overdue endorsement of their sovereignty in much of the eastern part of the state. Governor Kevin Stitt (R) wants the court to reverse 2020’s McGirt v. The state of Oklahoma is testing that notion, at least in the eyes of American Indian tribes.
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett said recently that she and her colleagues aren’t “a bunch of partisan hacks.”
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