Oklahoma Republicans are tearing themselves apart as they confront the economic wreckage of their policies

[Brainspore]

At this point I can’t even imagine any reason the inhabitants of the state wouldn’t want to let it revert to Indian Territory. It’s not like the Five Tribes could do any worse than the people running the place now.

Goodbye to Oklahoma

paging @Mister44 “The Tenth Circuit’s reasoning could well extend to the original territories of each of the Five Tribes, expanding federal jurisdiction over nearly all of eastern Oklahoma,” the solicitor general’s office warned the court. “And it could have significant implications for application of state tax and other civil laws to Indians in the former Indian Territory. The decision … thus threatens to disrupt the distribution of governmental authority in nearly half of Oklahoma.” hmm. …