Texas can’t prohibit a federally recognized Indian tribe from engaging in certain gaming activities, the US Supreme Court said.
Ruling in a decades long dispute on Wednesday, the justices 5-4 backed the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo tribe’s argument that allowing it to run electronic machines and live-called bingo at its Speaking Rock Entertainment Center was a matter of sovereign immunity and economic necessity.
The ruling broke along non-ideological lines with both Justices Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett joining their Democratic-appointed colleagues in siding with the tribe.
Since joining the court in 2017, Gorsuch has been a reliable vote for ...
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