<story><title>U.S. Supreme Court deems half of Oklahoma a Native American reservation</title><url>https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-court-oklahoma/us-supreme-court-deems-half-of-oklahoma-a-native-american-reservation-idUSKBN24A2BE</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>beenBoutIT</author><text>The only way to stop our neverending war on drugs is a Constitutional amendment that guarantees every American the right to consume anything they want for any reason. In the next several decades there will be un unprecedented number of elderly Americans living below the poverty line with no pension and medical issues they can&amp;#x27;t afford to fix - euthanasia will become something of a nuclear option that they&amp;#x27;ll want available as a last resort. An amendment that guarantees the right to consume any plant&amp;#x2F;drug&amp;#x2F;chemical&amp;#x2F;etc. will have a chance if it&amp;#x27;s bundled with a &amp;#x27;right to die with dignity&amp;#x27;, allowing elderly individuals a euthanasia option.</text></item><item><author>rudolph9</author><text>I think use of regulated drugs is legal during a religious service &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.pewforum.org&amp;#x2F;2006&amp;#x2F;02&amp;#x2F;21&amp;#x2F;supreme-court-rules-that-religious-group-can-use-illegal-drug-in-their-worship-services&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.pewforum.org&amp;#x2F;2006&amp;#x2F;02&amp;#x2F;21&amp;#x2F;supreme-court-rules-that...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;And, again I think, reservations are exempt from state laws&amp;#x2F;taxes and to certain extent able to make&amp;#x2F;enforce their own laws&amp;#x2F;taxes but they still need to follow federal laws.</text></item><item><author>dr_dshiv</author><text>Amen. This isn&amp;#x27;t a nonsequitor, I swear: why can&amp;#x27;t freedom of religion be used to legalize drugs? And, why can&amp;#x27;t Indian reservations, especially, sell what they please?</text></item><item><author>brobdingnagians</author><text>I do applaud that thinking; I hope it sets a precedent that can be used more widely. I hope they apply it more widely to things they don&amp;#x27;t necessarily ideologically agree with. Civil society needs more honesty and dedication to keeping your word, even when that is painful. That might lead to people thinking more carefully about where they stand and what they say as well.</text></item><item><author>ISL</author><text>I found the conclusion compelling. I haven&amp;#x27;t yet had enough time this morning to read the dissent thoughtfully.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.supremecourt.gov&amp;#x2F;opinions&amp;#x2F;19pdf&amp;#x2F;18-9526_9okb.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.supremecourt.gov&amp;#x2F;opinions&amp;#x2F;19pdf&amp;#x2F;18-9526_9okb.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;The federal government promised the Creek a reservation in perpetuity. Over time, Congress has diminished that reservation. It has sometimes restricted and other
times expanded the Tribe’s authority. But Congress has never withdrawn the promised reservation. As a result, many of the arguments before us today follow a sadly familiar pattern. Yes, promises were made, but the price of keeping them has become too great, so now we should just cast a blind eye. We reject that thinking. If Congress wishes to withdraw its promises, it must say so. Unlawful acts, performed long enough and with sufficient vigor, are never enough to amend the law. To hold otherwise would be to elevate the most brazen and longstanding injustices over the law, both rewarding wrong and failing those in the right.&lt;p&gt;The judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma is &lt;i&gt;Reversed&lt;/i&gt;.&amp;quot;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jeffdavis</author><text>Good idea. How about:&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;That would keep the pesky federal government out of our personal affairs.</text></comment>
<story><title>U.S. Supreme Court deems half of Oklahoma a Native American reservation</title><url>https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-court-oklahoma/us-supreme-court-deems-half-of-oklahoma-a-native-american-reservation-idUSKBN24A2BE</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>beenBoutIT</author><text>The only way to stop our neverending war on drugs is a Constitutional amendment that guarantees every American the right to consume anything they want for any reason. In the next several decades there will be un unprecedented number of elderly Americans living below the poverty line with no pension and medical issues they can&amp;#x27;t afford to fix - euthanasia will become something of a nuclear option that they&amp;#x27;ll want available as a last resort. An amendment that guarantees the right to consume any plant&amp;#x2F;drug&amp;#x2F;chemical&amp;#x2F;etc. will have a chance if it&amp;#x27;s bundled with a &amp;#x27;right to die with dignity&amp;#x27;, allowing elderly individuals a euthanasia option.</text></item><item><author>rudolph9</author><text>I think use of regulated drugs is legal during a religious service &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.pewforum.org&amp;#x2F;2006&amp;#x2F;02&amp;#x2F;21&amp;#x2F;supreme-court-rules-that-religious-group-can-use-illegal-drug-in-their-worship-services&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.pewforum.org&amp;#x2F;2006&amp;#x2F;02&amp;#x2F;21&amp;#x2F;supreme-court-rules-that...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;And, again I think, reservations are exempt from state laws&amp;#x2F;taxes and to certain extent able to make&amp;#x2F;enforce their own laws&amp;#x2F;taxes but they still need to follow federal laws.</text></item><item><author>dr_dshiv</author><text>Amen. This isn&amp;#x27;t a nonsequitor, I swear: why can&amp;#x27;t freedom of religion be used to legalize drugs? And, why can&amp;#x27;t Indian reservations, especially, sell what they please?</text></item><item><author>brobdingnagians</author><text>I do applaud that thinking; I hope it sets a precedent that can be used more widely. I hope they apply it more widely to things they don&amp;#x27;t necessarily ideologically agree with. Civil society needs more honesty and dedication to keeping your word, even when that is painful. That might lead to people thinking more carefully about where they stand and what they say as well.</text></item><item><author>ISL</author><text>I found the conclusion compelling. I haven&amp;#x27;t yet had enough time this morning to read the dissent thoughtfully.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.supremecourt.gov&amp;#x2F;opinions&amp;#x2F;19pdf&amp;#x2F;18-9526_9okb.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.supremecourt.gov&amp;#x2F;opinions&amp;#x2F;19pdf&amp;#x2F;18-9526_9okb.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;The federal government promised the Creek a reservation in perpetuity. Over time, Congress has diminished that reservation. It has sometimes restricted and other
times expanded the Tribe’s authority. But Congress has never withdrawn the promised reservation. As a result, many of the arguments before us today follow a sadly familiar pattern. Yes, promises were made, but the price of keeping them has become too great, so now we should just cast a blind eye. We reject that thinking. If Congress wishes to withdraw its promises, it must say so. Unlawful acts, performed long enough and with sufficient vigor, are never enough to amend the law. To hold otherwise would be to elevate the most brazen and longstanding injustices over the law, both rewarding wrong and failing those in the right.&lt;p&gt;The judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma is &lt;i&gt;Reversed&lt;/i&gt;.&amp;quot;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>genericone</author><text>Within reason right? I&amp;#x27;m hoping that &amp;#x27;the right to consume anything they want for any reason&amp;#x27; wouldn&amp;#x27;t include those things that cause sudden violent behavior and inability to feel fear and pain.&lt;p&gt;I forget which particular drug does this, but a search brought me to meth and I found this article which says people feel &amp;#x27;invincible&amp;#x27; and &amp;#x27;paranoid&amp;#x27; and can&amp;#x27;t be stopped with non-lethal means.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.cpr.org&amp;#x2F;2020&amp;#x2F;02&amp;#x2F;05&amp;#x2F;suspects-on-meth-are-hard-to-take-down-with-tasers-so-many-end-up-dead-in-colorado&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.cpr.org&amp;#x2F;2020&amp;#x2F;02&amp;#x2F;05&amp;#x2F;suspects-on-meth-are-hard-to-...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>