In A Close Call, Split High Court Affirms Casino Law Does Not Trample Constitution

Mealey's (February 27, 2018, 1:22 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congress did not violate the Constitution in enacting a law barring any federal lawsuit relating to a Native American casino property because lawmakers were properly exercising their legislative power, not infringing the judicial power, when they passed the statute, the U.S. Supreme Court held Feb. 27 in affirming a District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling (David Patchak v. Ryan Zinke, et al., No. 16-498, U.S. Sup., 2018 U.S. LEXIS 1515)....