Several justices from across the political spectrum seemed to roundly reject that argument, however. Justice Elena Kagan said that the Supreme Court had determined on numerous occasions that Congress \u201ccan take away the jurisdiction of the federal courts and can do so in a way that affects pending cases.\u201d Others, including Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Samuel Alito, and Sonia Sotomayor, also suggested that Congress was fully within its rights to pass a law shutting down legal action against the casino.<\/p>\n
This line of thinking was similar to the argument used in a brief that had been submitted by the House of Representatives.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile the Gun Lake Act withdraws jurisdiction over a relatively narrow class of cases \u2013 only those cases relating to the Bradley property \u2013 the Court has consistently held that Congress may enact legislation that is as particularized as it sees fit,\u201d the House wrote.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\nWith several justices seemingly inclined to agree with this interpretation, it would appear that Patchak\u2019s odds of overturning the law are slim at best. Even if he were able to succeed in the Supreme Court, shutting down the casino might be even more unlikely at this point, several years after it has already opened for business.<\/p>\n
The casino has proven popular, and now features 50 table games and over 2,000 slot machines. Last year, the Gun Lake Tribe contributed more than $17 million in taxes to state and local governments based on its casino revenues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Supreme Court justices seemed inclined to side against a man attempting to shut down a Michigan tribal casino, based on questions that were asked while the court heard arguments on Tuesday. The case dates back to 2008, when David Patchak sued after the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians (also known as the Gun Lake Tribe) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":62564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,60,18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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