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Search results for "It has been 118 years since the Supreme Court ruled the federal government owes tribes water"

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Ron DeSantis stated on October 24, 2022 in a gubernatorial debate:
It's not true that "the United States was built on stolen land."
By Yacob Reyes• November 3, 2022
Joe Biden stated on October 10, 2020 in a comment to reporters:
Senate Republicans' move to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court in an election year is "not constitutional."
By Bill McCarthy• October 13, 2020
Nick Myers stated on September 12, 2022 in a debate:
Federal aid to tribal governments is “foreign aid.”
By Chad Bradley• October 17, 2022
Facebook posts stated on December 02, 2014 in a meme:
"The U.S. Constitution owes its notion of democracy to the Iroquois Tribes."
By Louis Jacobson• December 2, 2014
Rand Paul stated on September 16, 2015 in a presidential debate:
"There's never been a direct Supreme Court case on people who were here illegally, whether or not their kids are citizens."
By Louis Jacobson• September 18, 2015
Ted Cruz stated on December 05, 2015 in a speech at the Rising Tide Summit in Cedar Rapids, Iowa:
"The Democrats in the Senate last year introduced a constitutional amendment to repeal the free speech protections of the First Amendment."
By Jason Noble• December 22, 2015
Joe Biden stated on January 17, 2025 in a statement:
“The Equal Rights Amendment has become part of our Constitution.”
By Caleb McCullough• January 22, 2025
Chris Collins stated on August 01, 2016 in an interview on MSNBC.:
Hillary Clinton "has already said she's going to wipe out the Second Amendment. She doesn't believe in the First Amendment. And, she also believes in big government, which flies in the face of the 10th Amendment"
By Dan Clark• August 12, 2016
Joe Biden stated on May 21, 2020 in a statement:
Says President Donald Trump “took more than a month to allocate Congress’ emergency funding to tribes — and only did so after tribes sued.”
By Miriam Valverde• June 1, 2020
Stephen Carter stated on October 09, 2018 in in an interview:
The 5-4 decisions the Supreme Court reaches "are going up."  
By John Kruzel• October 12, 2018
Marco Rubio stated on October 16, 2015 in prepared remarks in a written speech:
To abide by Environmental Protection Agency rules when mining or drilling you have "to take caution not to disturb bodies of water barely bigger than a puddle."  
By Amy Sherman• October 22, 2015
Enough Already Wisconsin, Inc. stated on November 08, 2014 in a tweet:
The majority of revenue generated by a proposed Kenosha casino would be sent to the Seminole tribe in Florida.
By James B. Nelson• November 20, 2014
Rick Scott stated on November 17, 2011 in a meeting with the "Palm Beach Post" editorial board:
The Affordable Care Act is "not the law of the land."
By Becky Bowers• December 1, 2011
Rick Perry stated on November 02, 2010 in a book:
Says some in Congress are trying "to create a separate government for those with a drop of Native Hawaiian blood."
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• February 20, 2011
Edward Markey stated on June 15, 2010 in a statement at a hearing of a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee:
"Right now every single one of the (oil) companies here today and dozens of others are drilling for free in the Gulf of Mexico on leases that will cost American taxpayers more than $50 billion in lost royalties."
By Louis Jacobson• June 16, 2010
Ted Cruz stated on March 16, 2013 in a speech at CPAC:
"We have a federal government that thinks they have the authority to regulate our toilet seats."
By Becky Bowers• March 21, 2013
Occupy Democrats stated on October 15, 2018 in a post on Facebook:
"The Postal Service only gives tribal residents PO boxes. The Republican-controlled Supreme Court just said it’s totally okay for North Dakota to demand that ONLY residents with street addresses can vote. Native Americans were the last to get the right to vote, and now they are the first to lose it."
By Tessa Weinberg• October 23, 2018
Dwayne Bohac stated on October 04, 2010 in a mailer:
Says the Annie's List political group supports third-trimester abortions on demand.
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• October 20, 2010
Corey Stewart stated on July 21, 2018 in a debate.:
Tim Kaine: "opposes everything President Trump does."
By Warren Fiske• September 26, 2018
Seminole Tribe of Florida stated on February 03, 2016 in a commercial:
The Seminole gambling compact offers "$3 billion in guaranteed revenue, the largest share for any state in history."  
By Joshua Gillin• February 11, 2016

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