#549 - Their Courts Are Not For Us (Feat. Jeff Reina)
On this episode, Jeff Reina, an attorney from Buffalo, NY joins us to talk about a recent court case involving a million dollar fine levied against a Native wholesaler over the transportation of tobacco from one native territory to another. The case was recently tossed out based on an illegal search and seizure ruling after almost a decade long legal battle. For centuries the courts have refused to rule in favor of legal arguments that rely on "sovereignty" as a core component and instead fall back to "back door rulings" that may benefit individual defendants but fails to set precedent for other Native people, businesses and nations.\n\n\u2192\u2192\u2192\u2192 Like what you hear? Support the show on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/letstalknative \u2190\u2190\u2190\u2190