Magpieblog<p>Two cases brought by right-wing legal groups -- one in the US Supreme Court and second in Washington state -- are threatening the sovereign status of Indigenous nations.</p><p>' The two cases [argue] that federal laws that outline the U.S. government’s obligations to Indigenous nations ... violate the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment [and that] such laws are racially discriminatory — against non-Indigenous people. '</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/sovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/TreatyLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TreatyLaw</span></a> </p><p>1/2</p><p><a href="https://www.underscore.news/reporting/experts-say-lawsuits-pose-greatest-threat-to-tribes-in-decades" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">underscore.news/reporting/expe</span><span class="invisible">rts-say-lawsuits-pose-greatest-threat-to-tribes-in-decades</span></a></p>