Court allows bar on Tulsa’s enforcement of municipal laws against Native Americans to remain in place

Court allows bar on Tulsa’s enforcement of municipal laws against Native Americans to remain in place

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday left in place a federal appeals court ruling that bars the city of Tulsa from enforcing municipal ordinances against Native Americans. In a brief unsigned order without any public dissents, the justices rejected the city’s request to put a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit on hold to give the city time to appeal.  

The order came in a case arising from a nearly five-year-old traffic ticket and … Read the rest