sovereignty-doctrine

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
22-5367 Derrick Lee Hinton v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-08-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-interpretation federal-jurisdiction federal-power first-amendment free-speech government-criticism judicial-review legal-precedent native-american-rights sovereignty-doctrine tribal-sovereignty Whether the federal government's reliance on the tribal sovereignty doctrine violates the First Amendment's Free Speech Clause by restricting criticis…
19-6921 Brian H. Jones, Sr. v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-12-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process inherent-power legal-definition prosecution-standards same-transaction sovereignty sovereignty-doctrine tribal-sovereignty vagueness Is the legal definition of the term 'same transaction' unconstitutionally vague?