(February 28, 2022, 4:36 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The federal government on Feb. 22 told the U.S. Supreme Court that it will not respond to a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by a California man who says he is the rightful leader of a Native American tribe but who had his trademark infringement counterclaims against the tribe dismissed because he presented only a political question about tribal recognition....