Supreme Court sides with Native American hunter as Gorsuch joins liberals
Posted on AllSides May 20th, 2019
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The Supreme Court on Monday sided with a Wyoming hunter charged with off-season hunting, ruling 5-4 that a 150-year-old treaty between a Native American tribe and the United States was still active and protected the man's rights.
Clayvin Herrera was charged in 2014 with off-season hunting, but he argued that an 1868 treaty between the U.S. and the Crow Tribe — of which he is a member — protected his ability to hunt at that time.
Wyoming had argued that the treaty was invalidated when it achieved statehood and lower...