Tribe Says Congress Did Not Violate Separation Of Powers In Land Taking Act

(November 30, 2016, 1:53 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court should deny a petition for writ of certiorari filed by a Michigan landowner seeking to repeal the United States’ taking of land into trust for an Indian tribe’s casino business because Congress acted within its power when it adopted a statute to protect the land deal from legal challenges, the tribe says in a Nov. 11 response brief (David Patchak v. Sally Jewell, Secretary of the Interior, et al., No. 16-498, U.S. Sup.; 2016 U.S. S. Ct. Briefs LEXIS 4125)....