I'm looking to get some potential corroboration or see if anyone else thinks this take on the SC ruling has any merit.
My question is: does anyone else think the SC ruling to carve out a Native American Reservation in the East half of Oklahoma is an effort to aid federal law enforcement get around any potential road blocks they might experience when dealing with state authorities and drug enforcement laws?
I ask this because aside from the fact that the 5-4 ruling was super random, turning the entire east half of Oklahoma creates a whole slew of jurisdictional messes for state and local authorities who are trying to arrest or prosecute people. In other words, only the federal government can do those things to people who have committed crimes while on the reservation. I was also wondering if people who weren't native would have to relocate to the west side of the state, etc. But then I was researching and saw that less less than 10% of people in Oklahoma are actually native Indian. After more digging I was asking myself if there was something going on in the background, at the federal level. Then I noticed that the corner of OK, bordering Missouri, was left alone… which confused me even more. My next questions were: Why is the reservation only bordering Arkansas and why did the federal government create a jurisdictional issue for seemingly no reason? I knew that Arkansas was a big staging ground for a lot of drug trafficking rings, including cocaine. This was especially true in the 1980s. Interstate Highway 40 runs east/west through Arkansas and into Oklahoma. It also is known to be a big drug smuggling route. So I'm thinking that the Supreme Court is using this ruling to clear a path for federal law enforcement to crack down on the drug trade and avoid potential road blocks with the state government. I am also wondering if this is going to eventually lead back to Bill Clinton at some point (one leads to another) and his time during his tenure as the Governor of AR, in the 80s. Any corroboration, leads, or clarification on this would be super helpful, thanks.