Education is an important aspect of making the law work. I hope they leave with a better understanding of how the law works and a desire to make sure it works. |
I think a reading of the statute supports that it has to pay something for on-reservation children. |
I think it's a good development today. |
I think the idea that it is a limited public forum is the one that would give them the most traction. |
If it's a mugging, you might not want to give out the name of the victim in case the robber might seek them out to intimidate them from prosecuting. |
Like Brett, I think America is a free-speech zone. |
The Supreme Court is going to have to hear this. I think if the plaintiffs are entitled to an accounting, then the court can make that determination. |
The tribe is entitled to credit for the school taxes it has paid on the off-reservation property, which is the site of its bingo hall in Rock Hill. The district wants to get more money than it would be entitled to. |
The tribe is obligated by the settlement agreement to pay a fee for its children who attend the school district, same as the fee for students who attend from outside the county. |
The tribe was not all opposed to that. |
When I hear people like Wes Hayes say in the appeal that the tribe is trying to use video poker as leverage to get a bingo game at Santee, in some sense that's right. |
You can't know the system worked until you have the available information that was before the court. |