[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]1LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
We2PPwe
'll3MDwill
hear4VVhear
argument5NNargument
first6RBfirst
this7DTthis
morning8NNmorning
in9INin
Case10NPCase
17-53211CD@card@
,12,,
Herrera13NPHerrera
versus14CCversus
Wyoming15NPWyoming
.16SENT.
Mr17NPMr
.18SENT.
Hicks19NPHicks
.20SENT.
[MR. HICKS]21LOC[MR. HICKS]
Thank22VVthank
you23PPyou
,24,,
Mr25NPMr
.26SENT.
Chief27NPChief
Justice28NPJustice
,29,,
and30CCand
may31MDmay
it32PPit
please33VVplease
the34DTthe
Court35NPCourt
:36::
In37INin
186838CD@card@
,39,,
the40DTthe
Crow41NPCrow
Tribe42NPTribe
of43INof
Indians44NPSIndians
agreed45VVDagree
to46TOto
cede47VVcede
to48TOto
the49DTthe
United50NPUnited
States51NPSStates
3052CD@card@
million53CDmillion
acres54NNSacre
of55INof
its56PP$its
aboriginal57JJaboriginal
land58NNland
and59CCand
move60NNmove
to61TOto
a62DTa
reservation63NNreservation
.64SENT.
In65INin
exchange66NNexchange
for67INfor
ceding68VVGcede
its69PP$its
land70NNland
,71,,
the72DTthe
tribe73NNtribe
expressly74RBexpressly
reserved75VVDreserve
the76DTthe
right77NNright
to78TOto
hunt79VVhunt
on80INon
that81DTthat
ceded82VVNcede
land83NNland
.84SENT.
The85DTthe
text86NNtext
of87INof
the88DTthe
186889CD@card@
treaty90NNtreaty
memorializing91VVGmemorialize
this92DTthis
agreement93NNagreement
explicitly94RBexplicitly
identifies95VVZidentify
the96DTthe
four97CDfour
events98NNSevent
that99WDTthat
would100MDwould
cause101VVcause
the102DTthe
hunting103NNhunting
right104RBright
to105TOto
terminate106VVterminate
.107SENT.
Wyoming108NPWyoming
's109POS's
admission110NNadmission
to111TOto
the112DTthe
Union113NPUnion
is114VBZbe
not115RBnot
among116INamong
them117PPthem
.118SENT.
Therefore119RBtherefore
,120,,
the121DTthe
only122JJonly
way123NNway
that124IN/thatthat
Wyoming125NPWyoming
's126POS's
statehood127NNstatehood
could128MDcould
have129VHhave
terminated130VVNterminate
the131DTthe
hunting132NNhunting
right133NNright
is134VBZbe
by135INby
implication136NNimplication
,137,,
but138CCbut
that139DTthat
is140VBZbe
the141DTthe
very142JJvery
theory143NNtheory
that144IN/thatthat
this145DTthis
Court146NPCourt
repeatedly147RBrepeatedly
rejected148VVDreject
in149INin
Minnesota150NPMinnesota
v151NNv
.152SENT.
Mille153NPMille
Lacs154NPLacs
Band155NPBand
of156INof
Chippewa157NPChippewa
Indians158NPSIndians
.159SENT.
And160CCand
while161INwhile
the162DTthe
treaty163NNtreaty
does164VVZdo
provide165VVprovide
that166IN/thatthat
the167DTthe
right168NNright
would169MDwould
terminate170VVterminate
if171INif
the172DTthe
lands173NNSland
were174VBDbe
no175RBno
longer176RBRlonger
unoccupied177JJunoccupied
,178,,
President179NPPresident
Cleveland180NPCleveland
's181POS's
1897182CD@card@
proclamation183NNproclamation
creating184VVGcreate
the185DTthe
Bighorn186NNbighorn
National187NPNational
Forest188NPForest
did189VVDdo
not190RBnot
suddenly191RBsuddenly
render192VVrender
all193RBall
1194CD1
.195SENT.
1196CD1
million197CDmillion
acres198NNSacre
of199INof
the200DTthe
land201NNland
comprising202VVGcomprise
the203DTthe
forest204NNforest
occupied205VVNoccupy
as206INas
the207DTthe
parties208NNSparty
to209TOto
the210DTthe
treaty211NNtreaty
understood212VVDunderstand
that213DTthat
term214NNterm
.215SENT.
As216INas
a217DTa
result218NNresult
,219,,
the220DTthe
treaty221NNtreaty
right222RBright
has223VHZhave
not224RBnot
terminated225VVNterminate
,226,,
and227CCand
Petitioner228NNpetitioner
should229MDshould
have230VHhave
been231VBNbe
permitted232VVNpermit
to233TOto
invoke234VVinvoke
that235DTthat
right236NNright
during237INduring
his238PP$his
criminal239JJcriminal
prosecution240NNprosecution
for241INfor
hunting242NNhunting
in243INin
the244DTthe
Bighorn245NNbighorn
National246NPNational
Forest247NPForest
.248SENT.
Before249INbefore
this250DTthis
Court251NPCourt
,252,,
Wyoming253NPWyoming
largely254RBlargely
disregards255VVZdisregard
Mille256NPMille
Lacs257NPLacs
and258CCand
urges259VVZurge
this260DTthis
Court261NPCourt
to262TOto
rely263VVrely
on264INon
its265PP$its
1896266CD@card@
decision267NNdecision
in268INin
Ward269NPWard
v270NNv
.271SENT.
Race272NPRace
Horse273NPHorse
.274SENT.
But275CCbut
Mille276NPMille
Lacs277NPLacs
repudiated278VVDrepudiate
the279DTthe
reasoning280NNreasoning
that281WDTthat
led282VVDlead
to283TOto
the284DTthe
outcome285NNoutcome
in286INin
Race287NPRace
Horse288NPHorse
.289SENT.
From290INfrom
Race291NPRace
Horse292NPHorse
's293POS's
reliance294NNreliance
on295INon
the296DTthe
equal297JJequal
footing298NNfooting
doctrine299NNdoctrine
to300TOto
its301PP$its
characterization302NNcharacterization
of303INof
treaty304NNtreaty
rights305NNSright
as306INas
temporary307JJtemporary
and308CCand
precarious309JJprecarious
...310:...
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]311LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
But312CCbut
...313:...
[MR. HICKS]314LOC[MR. HICKS]
...315:...
to316TOto
its317PP$its
belief318NNbelief
that319IN/thatthat
states320NNSstate
...321:...
[JUSTICE ALITO]322LOC[JUSTICE ALITO]
Even323RBeven
if324INif
you325PPyou
were326VBDbe
right327JJright
about328INabout
Race329NPRace
Horse330NPHorse
,331,,
why332WRBwhy
is333VBZbe
n't334RBn't
your335PP$your
client336NNclient
bound337VVNbind
by338INby
the339DTthe
judgment340NNjudgment
of341INof
the342DTthe
Tenth343JJtenth
Circuit344NNcircuit
in345INin
Repsis346NPRepsis
and347CCand
,348,,
in349INin
particular350JJparticular
,351,,
its352PP$its
disposition353NNdisposition
of354INof
the355DTthe
question356NNquestion
whether357INwhether
the358DTthe
land359NNland
is360VBZbe
occupied361VVNoccupy
?362SENT?
[MR. HICKS]363LOC[MR. HICKS]
Justice364NPJustice
Alito365NPAlito
,366,,
a367DTa
few368JJfew
responses369NNSresponse
for370INfor
that371DTthat
.372SENT.
First373JJfirst
of374INof
all375DTall
,376,,
the377DTthe
...378:...
the379DTthe
issue380NNissue
of381INof
whether382INwhether
the383DTthe
Tenth384JJtenth
Circu385NPCircu
it386PPit
's387VBZbe
alternative388JJalternative
determination389NNdetermination
has390VHZhave
preclusive391JJpreclusive
effect392NNeffect
was393VBDbe
not394RBnot
pressed395VVNpress
or396CCor
passed397VVNpass
on398INon
below399RBbelow
.400SENT.
There401EXthere
's402VBZbe
nothing403NNnothing
in404INin
the405DTthe
decisions406NNSdecision
of407INof
the408DTthe
state409NNstate
courts410NNScourt
that411WDTthat
address412VVPaddress
the413DTthe
preclusive414JJpreclusive
effect415NNeffect
of416INof
that417DTthat
alternative418JJalternative
determination419NNdetermination
.420SENT.
And421CCand
this422DTthis
Court423NPCourt
typically424RBtypically
does425VVZdo
not426RBnot
address427VVaddress
questions428NNSquestion
from429INfrom
state430NNstate
courts431NNScourt
that432WDTthat
have433VHPhave
not434RBnot
been435VBNbe
pressed436VVNpress
or437CCor
passed438VVNpass
on439INon
.440SENT.
[JUSTICE ALITO]441LOC[JUSTICE ALITO]
So442INso
that443DTthat
...444:...
that445WDTthat
would446MDwould
be447VBbe
available448JJavailable
to449TOto
the450DTthe
state451NNstate
to452TOto
argue453VVargue
on454INon
remand455NNremand
if456INif
you457PPyou
were458VBDbe
to459TOto
prevail460VVprevail
on461INon
the462DTthe
other463JJother
issues464NNSissue
?465SENT?
[MR. HICKS]466LOC[MR. HICKS]
Well467UHwell
,468,,
I469PPI
think470VVPthink
that471IN/thatthat
the472DTthe
...473:...
the474DTthe
state475NNstate
has476VHZhave
likely477RBlikely
forfeited478VVNforfeit
that479IN/thatthat
as480INas
a481DTa
matter482NNmatter
of483INof
state484NNstate
law485NNlaw
,486,,
but487CCbut
I488PPI
also489RBalso
think490VVPthink
that491IN/thatthat
there492EXthere
are493VBPbe
other494JJother
reasons495NNSreason
why496WRBwhy
an497DTan
exception498NNexception
to499TOto
preclusion500NNpreclusion
would501MDwould
not502RBnot
apply503VVapply
.504SENT.
I505PPI
mean506VVPmean
...507:...
[JUSTICE ALITO]508LOC[JUSTICE ALITO]
What509WPWhat
's510VHZhave
your511PP$your
best512JJSgood
reason513NNreason
?514SENT?
[MR. HICKS]515LOC[MR. HICKS]
Primarily516RBprimarily
,517,,
it518PPit
's519VBZbe
that520IN/thatthat
the521DTthe
tribe522NNtribe
did523VVDdo
not524RBnot
have525VHhave
a526DTa
full527JJfull
and528CCand
fair529JJfair
opportunity530NNopportunity
to531TOto
litigate532VVlitigate
this533DTthis
issue534NNissue
in535INin
Repsis536NNRepsis
because537INbecause
it538PPit
was539VBDbe
not540RBnot
raised541VVNraise
in542INin
the543DTthe
Repsis544NPRepsis
district545NNdistrict
court546NNcourt
.547SENT.
It548PPit
was549VBDbe
raised550VVNraise
for551INfor
the552DTthe
first553JJfirst
time554NNtime
in555INin
the556DTthe
court557NNcourt
of558INof
appeals559NNSappeal
,560,,
and561CCand
the562DTthe
court563NNcourt
of564INof
appeals565NNSappeal
'566POS'
determination567NNdetermination
in568INin
the569DTthe
first570JJfirst
instance571NNinstance
was572VBDbe
not573RBnot
only574RBonly
one575CDone
of576INof
several577JJseveral
alternative578JJalternative
determinations579NNSdetermination
;580:;
it581PPit
was582VBDbe
n't583RBn't
subject584JJsubject
to585TOto
plenary586JJplenary
appellate587JJappellate
review588NNreview
.589SENT.
[JUSTICE ALITO]590LOC[JUSTICE ALITO]
Well591UHWell
,592,,
those593DTthose
are594VBPbe
several595JJseveral
reasons596NNSreason
.597SENT.
The598DTthe
...599:...
there600EXthere
was601VBDbe
not602RBnot
a603DTa
fair604JJfair
opportunity605NNopportunity
to606TOto
raise607VVraise
the608DTthe
issue609NNissue
in610INin
the611DTthe
Tenth612JJtenth
Circuit613NNcircuit
?614SENT?
[MR. HICKS]615LOC[MR. HICKS]
Well616UHwell
,617,,
I618PPI
think619VVPthink
that620IN/thatthat
there621EXthere
was622VBDbe
not623RBnot
the624DTthe
full625JJfull
and626CCand
fair627JJfair
opportunity628NNopportunity
to629TOto
litigate630VVlitigate
that631DTthat
question632NNquestion
that633IN/thatthat
this634DTthis
Court635NPCourt
requires636VVZrequire
before637INbefore
it638PPit
gives639VVZgive
preclusive640JJpreclusive
effect641NNeffect
.642SENT.
[JUSTICE ALITO]643LOC[JUSTICE ALITO]
Why644NPWhy
...645:...
why646WRBwhy
not647RBnot
?648SENT?
Why649WRBwhy
not650RBnot
in651INin
the652DTthe
Tenth653JJtenth
Circuit654NNcircuit
?655SENT?
Why656WRBwhy
did657VVDdo
n't658RBn't
they659PPthey
have660VHPhave
a661DTa
fair662NNfair
and663CCand
...664:...
a665DTa
full666JJfull
and667CCand
fair668JJfair
opportunity669NNopportunity
in670INin
the671DTthe
Tenth672JJtenth
Circuit673NNcircuit
?674SENT?
[MR. HICKS]675LOC[MR. HICKS]
Well676UHWell
,677,,
to678TOto
begin679VVbegin
with680INwith
,681,,
I682PPI
do683VVPdo
n't684RBn't
know685VVknow
if686INif
the687DTthe
full688JJfull
...689:...
[JUSTICE ALITO]690LOC[JUSTICE ALITO]
They691PPthey
did692VVDdo
n't693RBn't
allow694VVallow
briefs695NNSbrief
?696SENT?
They697PPthey
did698VVDdo
n't699RBn't
allow700VVallow
arguments701NNSargument
?702SENT?
They703PPthey
did704VVDdo
n't705RBn't
want706VVwant
to707TOto
listen708VVlisten
to709TOto
anything710NNanything
that711WDTthat
...712:...
that713IN/thatthat
the714DTthe
tribe715NNtribe
had716VHDhave
to717TOto
say718VVsay
?719SENT?
[MR. HICKS]720LOC[MR. HICKS]
Well721UHWell
,722,,
primarily723RBprimarily
because724INbecause
this725DTthis
particular726JJparticular
argument727NNargument
,728,,
that729IN/thatthat
the730DTthe
creation731NNcreation
of732INof
the733DTthe
national734JJnational
forest735NNforest
in736INin
and737CCand
of738INof
itself739PPitself
rendered740VVDrender
the741DTthe
entire742JJentire
land743NNland
occupied744VVDoccupy
so745RBso
that746IN/thatthat
the747DTthe
treaty748NNtreaty
right749NNright
was750VBDbe
terminated751VVNterminate
,752,,
was753VBDbe
,754,,
I755PPI
believe756VVPbelieve
,757,,
one758CDone
page759NNpage
of760INof
Wyoming761NPWyoming
's762POS's
response763NNresponse
brief764NNbrief
in765INin
...766:...
on767INon
an768DTan
issue769NNissue
that770WDTthat
was771VBDbe
never772RBnever
raised773VVNraise
in774INin
the775DTthe
district776NNdistrict
court777NNcourt
.778SENT.
And779CCand
so780RBso
the781DTthe
only782JJonly
thing783NNthing
that784IN/thatthat
the785DTthe
tribe786NNtribe
had787VHDhave
to788TOto
respond789VVrespond
to790TOto
that791WDTthat
was792VBDbe
limited793VVNlimit
space794NNspace
in795INin
a796DTa
reply797NNreply
brief798NNbrief
where799WRBwhere
it800PPit
had801VHDhave
to802TOto
respond803VVrespond
to804TOto
all805DTall
of806INof
the807DTthe
other808JJother
arguments809NNSargument
that810IN/thatthat
Wyoming811NPWyoming
had812VHDhave
made813VVNmake
,814,,
principally815RBprincipally
on816INon
the817DTthe
issue818NNissue
that819IN/thatthat
the820DTthe
district821NNdistrict
court822NNcourt
had823VHDhave
actually824RBactually
addressed825VVNaddress
.826SENT.
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]827LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
Could828MDcould
you829PPyou
...830:...
[JUSTICE KAGAN]831LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
Mr832NPMr
.833SENT.
Hicks834NPHicks
,835,,
are836VBPbe
...837:...
are838VBPbe
you839PPyou
asking840VVGask
us841PPus
to842TOto
decide843VVdecide
that844DTthat
issue845NNissue
,846,,
or847CCor
are848VBPbe
you849PPyou
asking850VVGask
us851PPus
to852TOto
remand853VVremand
on854INon
that855DTthat
issue856NNissue
?857SENT?
[MR. HICKS]858LOC[MR. HICKS]
I859PPI
think860VVPthink
there861EXthere
are862VBPbe
several863JJseveral
reasons864NNSreason
why865WRBwhy
you866PPyou
can867MDcan
decide868VVdecide
that869IN/thatthat
there870EXthere
was871VBDbe
no872DTno
preclusive873JJpreclusive
effect874NNeffect
to875TOto
the876DTthe
Tenth877JJtenth
Circu878NPCircu
it879PPit
's880VBZbe
determination881NNdetermination
,882,,
among883INamong
them884PPthem
,885,,
that886IN/thatthat
it887PPit
was888VBDbe
forfeited889VVNforfeit
;890:;
among891INamong
them892PPthem
,893,,
that894IN/thatthat
it895PPit
was896VBDbe
not897RBnot
a898DTa
full899JJfull
and900CCand
fair901JJfair
opportunity902NNopportunity
so903INso
that904WDTthat
it905PPit
qualifies906VVZqualify
for907INfor
that908DTthat
exception909NNexception
,910,,
but911CCbut
also912RBalso
that913IN/thatthat
that914DTthat
particular915JJparticular
determination916NNdetermination
in917INin
the918DTthe
first919JJfirst
instance920NNinstance
was921VBDbe
not922RBnot
subject923JJsubject
to924TOto
the925DTthe
plenary926JJplenary
appellate927JJappellate
review928NNreview
this929DTthis
Court930NPCourt
requires931VVZrequire
.932SENT.
[JUSTICE KAGAN]933LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
If934INif
...935:...
if936INif
...937:...
if938INif
your939PP$your
primary940JJprimary
argument941NNargument
is942VBZbe
that943IN/thatthat
it944PPit
was945VBDbe
forfeited946VVNforfeit
,947,,
and948CCand
I949PPI
think950VVPthink
you951PPyou
...952:...
you953PPyou
have954VHPhave
some955DTsome
good956JJgood
grounds957NNSground
for958INfor
thinking959VVGthink
that960IN/thatthat
,961,,
but962CCbut
given963VVNgive
that964IN/thatthat
that965DTthat
is966VBZbe
a967DTa
state968NNstate
law969NNlaw
matter970NNmatter
,971,,
why972WRBwhy
would973MDwould
n't974RBn't
we975PPwe
remand976VVPremand
to977TOto
the978DTthe
Wyoming979NPWyoming
courts980NNScourt
to981TOto
decide982VVdecide
that983DTthat
forfeiture984NNforfeiture
question985NNquestion
?986SENT?
[MR. HICKS]987LOC[MR. HICKS]
Well988UHWell
,989,,
because990INbecause
I991PPI
think992VVPthink
typically993RBtypically
what994WPwhat
this995DTthis
Court996NPCourt
does997VVZdo
when998WRBwhen
a999DTa
...1000:...
an1001DTan
issue1002NNissue
has1003VHZhave
not1004RBnot
been1005VBNbe
raised1006VVNraise
or1007CCor
pressed1008VVNpress
on1009INon
below1010INbelow
is1011VBZbe
it1012PPit
...1013:...
is1014VBZbe
it1015PPit
does1016VVZdo
n't1017RBn't
allow1018VVallow
the1019DTthe
consideration1020NNconsideration
of1021INof
it1022PPit
here1023RBhere
.1024SENT.
So1025RBso
I1026PPI
do1027VVPdo
n't1028RBn't
think1029VVthink
there1030EXthere
's1031VBZbe
any1032DTany
reason1033NNreason
to1034TOto
remand1035VVremand
for1036INfor
consideration1037NNconsideration
of1038INof
that1039DTthat
in1040INin
the1041DTthe
first1042JJfirst
instance1043NNinstance
.1044SENT.
But1045CCbut
I1046PPI
think1047VVPthink
you1048PPyou
can1049MDcan
go1050VVgo
on1051INon
to1052TOto
address1053VVaddress
that1054IN/thatthat
,1055,,
you1056PPyou
know1057VVPknow
,1058,,
as1059INas
a1060DTa
matter1061NNmatter
of1062INof
an1063DTan
exception1064NNexception
to1065TOto
preclusion1066NNpreclusion
law1067NNlaw
.1068SENT.
I1069PPI
mean1070VVPmean
,1071,,
I1072PPI
think1073VVPthink
that1074IN/thatthat
there1075EXthere
are1076VBPbe
several1077JJseveral
reasons1078NNSreason
why1079WRBwhy
that1080WDTthat
would1081MDwould
n't1082RBn't
be1083VBbe
given1084VVNgive
preclusive1085JJpreclusive
effect1086NNeffect
.1087SENT.
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]1088LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
I1089PPI
'm1090VBPbe
a1091DTa
little1092RBlittle
confused1093VVNconfuse
.1094SENT.
What1095WPWhat
was1096VBDbe
forfeited1097VVNforfeit
when1098WRBwhen
?1099SENT?
You1100PPyou
did1101VVDdo
n't1102RBn't
...1103:...
you1104PPyou
...1105:...
you1106PPyou
're1107VBPbe
arguing1108VVGargue
you1109PPyou
did1110VVDdo
n't1111RBn't
get1112VVget
a1113DTa
fair1114JJfair
and1115CCand
full1116JJfull
opportunity1117NNopportunity
to1118TOto
litigate1119VVlitigate
this1120DTthis
in1121INin
Repsis1122NPRepsis
?1123SENT?
In1124INin
Repsis1125NNRepsis
,1126,,
there1127EXthere
was1128VBDbe
n't1129RBn't
a1130DTa
fair1131JJfair
opportunity1132NNopportunity
?1133SENT?
[MR. HICKS]1134LOC[MR. HICKS]
That1135DTthat
...1136:...
it1137PPit
is1138VBZbe
that1139IN/thatthat
the1140DTthe
tribe1141NNtribe
did1142VVDdo
not1143RBnot
have1144VHhave
the1145DTthe
required1146VVNrequire
full1147JJfull
and1148CCand
fair1149JJfair
opportunity1150NNopportunity
,1151,,
among1152INamong
the1153DTthe
reasons1154NNSreason
,1155,,
in1156INin
the1157DTthe
Tenth1158JJtenth
Circuit1159NNcircuit
.1160SENT.
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]1161LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
All1162DTall
right1163NNright
.1164SENT.
Was1165VBDbe
that1166IN/thatthat
because1167INbecause
when1168WRBwhen
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Tenth1170NNtenth
...1171:...
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thought1173VVDthink
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there1177RBthere
asked1178VVDask
for1179INfor
further1180JJRfurther
briefing1181NNbriefing
,1182,,
correct1183JJcorrect
?1184SENT?
[MR. HICKS]1185LOC[MR. HICKS]
No1186NPNo
,1187,,
they1188PPthey
did1189VVDdo
not1190RBnot
,1191,,
Your1192PP$your
Honor1193NPHonor
.1194SENT.
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]1195LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
Oh1196NPOh
.1197SENT.
[MR. HICKS]1198LOC[MR. HICKS]
There1199EXthere
was1200VBDbe
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in1204INin
...1205:...
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]1206LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
In1207INin
the1208DTthe
...1209:...
[MR. HICKS]1210LOC[MR. HICKS]
You1211PPyou
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...1218:...
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]1219LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
Right1220RBright
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[MR. HICKS]1222LOC[MR. HICKS]
...1223:...
and1224CCand
the1225DTthe
Wyoming1226NPWyoming
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courts1228NNScourt
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briefing1232NNbriefing
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there1235EXthere
was1236VBDbe
issue1237NNissue
preclusion1238NNpreclusion
.1239SENT.
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]1240LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
Oh1241NPOh
,1242,,
okay1243JJokay
.1244SENT.
[MR. HICKS]1245LOC[MR. HICKS]
And1246CCand
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to1273TOto
anything1274NNanything
in1275INin
the1276DTthe
Repsis1277NPRepsis
litigation1278NNlitigation
.1279SENT.
[JUSTICE ALITO]1280LOC[JUSTICE ALITO]
Well1281UHwell
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I1283PPI
'll1284MDwill
tell1285VVtell
you1286PPyou
what1287WPwhat
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know1313VVPknow
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law1320NNlaw
school1321NNschool
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issue1323NNissue
preclusion1324NNpreclusion
,1325,,
and1326CCand
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and1328CCand
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...1330:...
and1331CCand
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...1333:...
the1334DTthe
government1335NNgovernment
have1336VHPhave
raised1337VVNraise
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to1348TOto
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case1352NNcase
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a1354DTa
misdemeanor1355NNmisdemeanor
criminal1356JJcriminal
conviction1357NNconviction
.1358SENT.
[MR. HICKS]1359LOC[MR. HICKS]
Well1360UHWell
,1361,,
Justice1362NPJustice
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,1364,,
I1365PPI
think1366VVPthink
those1367DTthose
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actually1369RBactually
good1370JJgood
reasons1371NNSreason
to1372TOto
find1373VVfind
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are1376VBPbe
...1377:...
you1378PPyou
can1379MDcan
apply1380VVapply
the1381DTthe
well-established1382JJwell-established
exceptions1383NNSexception
.1384SENT.
I1385PPI
mean1386VVPmean
,1387,,
the1388DTthe
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and1390CCand
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opportunity1392NNopportunity
...1393:...
[JUSTICE ALITO]1394LOC[JUSTICE ALITO]
Well1395UHwell
,1396,,
I1397PPI
do1398VVPdo
n't1399RBn't
know1400VVknow
that1401IN/thatthat
they1402PPthey
are1403VBPbe
well1404RBwell
...1405:...
I1406PPI
do1407VVPdo
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.1415SENT.
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raised1423VVNraise
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is1425VBZbe
based1426VVNbase
on1427INon
two1428CDtwo
alternative1429JJalternative
grounds1430NNSground
,1431,,
it1432PPit
's1433VBZbe
not1434RBnot
...1435:...
there1436EXthere
's1437VBZbe
no1438DTno
issue1439NNissue
preclusion1440NNpreclusion
on1441INon
either1442DTeither
ground1443NNground
,1444,,
that1445WDTthat
's1446VBZbe
well1447RBwell
established1448VVNestablish
?1449SENT?
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n't1451RBn't
that1452RBthat
been1453VBNbe
rejected1454VVNreject
by1455INby
six1456CDsix
circuits1457NNScircuit
?1458SENT?
[MR. HICKS]1459LOC[MR. HICKS]
No1460NPNo
,1461,,
Your1462PP$your
...1463:...
Your1464PP$your
Honor1465NPHonor
,1466,,
that1467WDTthat
is1468VBZbe
incorrect1469JJincorrect
.1470SENT.
Actually1471RBactually
,1472,,
if1473INif
you1474PPyou
look1475VVPlook
at1476INat
the1477DTthe
footnote1478NNfootnote
in1479INin
our1480PP$our
reply1481NNreply
brief1482NNbrief
,1483,,
seven1484CDseven
circuits1485NNScircuit
have1486VHPhave
actually1487RBactually
accepted1488VVNaccept
the1489DTthe
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's1491POS's
rule1492NNrule
.1493SENT.
I1494PPI
know1495VVPknow
that1496IN/thatthat
the1497DTthe
State1498NNstate
's1499POS's
brief1500NNbrief
says1501VVZsay
...1502:...
[JUSTICE ALITO]1503LOC[JUSTICE ALITO]
Well1504UHwell
,1505,,
we1506PPwe
have1507VHPhave
n't1508RBn't
accepted1509VVNaccept
it1510PPit
,1511,,
have1512VHPhave
we1513PPwe
?1514SENT?
[MR. HICKS]1515LOC[MR. HICKS]
No1516NPNo
,1517,,
this1518DTthis
Court1519NPCourt
has1520VHZhave
not1521RBnot
addressed1522VVNaddress
it1523PPit
,1524,,
but1525CCbut
it1526PPit
actually1527RBactually
goes1528VVZgo
part1529NNpart
and1530CCand
parcel1531NNparcel
with1532INwith
what1533WPwhat
this1534DTthis
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about1538INabout
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...1540:...
the1541DTthe
critical1542JJcritical
importance1543NNimportance
of1544INof
giving1545VVGgive
plenary1546NNplenary
...1547:...
plenary1548JJplenary
appellate1549JJappellate
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to1551TOto
determinations1552NNSdetermination
.1553SENT.
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is1555VBZbe
the1556DTthe
premise1557NNpremise
...1558:...
[JUSTICE ALITO]1559LOC[JUSTICE ALITO]
I1560PPI
mean1561VVPmean
,1562,,
it1563PPit
seems1564VVZseem
to1565TOto
me1566PPme
like1567INlike
a1568DTa
significant1569JJsignificant
question1570NNquestion
,1571,,
and1572CCand
I1573PPI
was1574VBDbe
underwhelmed1575VVNunderwhelm
by1576INby
the1577DTthe
reasons1578NNSreason
given1579VVNgive
in1580INin
the1581DTthe
comment1582NNcomment
to1583TOto
the1584DTthe
provision1585NNprovision
of1586INof
the1587DTthe
Restatement1588NNrestatement
on1589INon
this1590DTthis
question1591NNquestion
.1592SENT.
[MR. HICKS]1593LOC[MR. HICKS]
Well1594UHwell
,1595,,
I1596PPI
think1597VVPthink
that1598DTthat
...1599:...
first1600RBfirst
of1601INof
all1602DTall
,1603,,
I1604PPI
do1605VVPdo
n't1606RBn't
...1607:...
[JUSTICE ALITO]1608LOC[JUSTICE ALITO]
The1609DTthe
first1610JJfirst
reason1611NNreason
they1612PPthey
give1613VVPgive
is1614VBZbe
that1615IN/thatthat
when1616WRBwhen
...1617:...
when1618WRBwhen
a1619DTa
court1620NNcourt
says1621VVZsay
our1622PP$our
judgment1623NNjudgment
,1624,,
right1625RBright
,1626,,
is1627VBZbe
based1628VVNbase
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two1630CDtwo
alternative1631JJalternative
grounds1632NNSground
,1633,,
and1634CCand
either1635RBeither
one1636PPone
is1637VBZbe
independently1638RBindependently
sufficient1639JJsufficient
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that1641WDTthat
should1642MDshould
n't1643RBn't
have1644VHhave
...1645:...
that1646WDTthat
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n't1648RBn't
have1649VHhave
res1650NNres
judicata1651NNSjudicata
...1652:...
that1653WDTthat
should1654MDshould
n't1655RBn't
have1656VHhave
issue1657NNissue
preclusion1658NNpreclusion
effect1659NNeffect
because1660INbecause
,1661,,
really1662RBreally
,1663,,
the1664DTthe
...1665:...
the1666DTthe
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may1668MDmay
not1669RBnot
have1670VHhave
seriously1671RBseriously
...1672:...
the1673DTthe
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have1677VHhave
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accurate1679JJaccurate
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saying1681VVGsay
each1682DTeach
one1683CDone
is1684VBZbe
independently1685RBindependently
sufficient1686JJsufficient
.1687SENT.
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you1689PPyou
find1690VVfind
that1691IN/thatthat
to1692RBto
...1693:...
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that1697IN/thatthat
to1698TOto
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a1700DTa
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argument1703NNargument
?1704SENT?
[MR. HICKS]1705LOC[MR. HICKS]
Well1706UHwell
,1707,,
I1708PPI
think1709VVPthink
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's1712VBZbe
a1713DTa
...1714:...
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that1719WDTthat
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in1721INin
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.1724SENT.
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have1728VHhave
an1729DTan
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the1734DTthe
first1735JJfirst
instance1736NNinstance
.1737SENT.
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I1739PPI
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that1741IN/thatthat
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frankly1743RBfrankly
,1744,,
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Tenth1746JJtenth
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's1749VBZbe
decision1750NNdecision
here1751RBhere
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the1753DTthe
policy1754NNpolicy
underlying1755VVGunderlie
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.1757SENT.
I1758PPI
mean1759VVPmean
,1760,,
I1761PPI
do1762VVPdo
n't1763RBn't
...1764:...
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not1767RBnot
a1768DTa
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defense1770NNdefense
of1771INof
the1772DTthe
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's1776VBZbe
determination1777NNdetermination
on1778INon
the1779DTthe
merits1780NNSmerit
.1781SENT.
And1782CCand
I1783PPI
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briefing1796NNbriefing
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only1800RBonly
raised1801VVNraise
in1802INin
the1803DTthe
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in1806INin
one1807CDone
page1808NNpage
of1809INof
briefing1810NNbriefing
.1811SENT.
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tribe1813NNtribe
,1814,,
you1815PPyou
know1816VVPknow
,1817,,
only1818RBonly
had1819VHDhave
a1820DTa
very1821RBvery
limited1822JJlimited
amount1823NNamount
of1824INof
its1825PP$its
reply1826NNreply
brief1827NNbrief
.1828SENT.
So1829RBso
I1830PPI
think1831VVPthink
when1832WRBwhen
you1833PPyou
combine1834VVPcombine
,1835,,
you1836PPyou
know1837VVPknow
,1838,,
the1839DTthe
policies1840NNSpolicy
underlying1841VVGunderlie
the1842DTthe
full1843JJfull
and1844CCand
fair1845JJfair
opportunity1846NNopportunity
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in1848INin
addition1849NNaddition
to1850TOto
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fact1852NNfact
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an1856DTan
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in1859INin
the1860DTthe
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instance1862NNinstance
,1863,,
I1864PPI
think1865VVPthink
the1866DTthe
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it1869PPit
's1870POS's
determination1871NNdetermination
is1872VBZbe
,1873,,
you1874PPyou
know1875VVPknow
,1876,,
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why1878WRBwhy
the1879DTthe
Restatement1880NNrestatement
exception1881NNexception
exists1882VVZexist
.1883SENT.
And1884CCand
,1885,,
again1886RBagain
,1887,,
it1888PPit
's1889VBZbe
a1890DTa
very1891RBvery
...1892:...
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]1893LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
Counsel1894NPCounsel
...1895:...
counsel1896NNcounsel
,1897,,
I1898PPI
'll1899MDwill
spot1900VVspot
you1901PPyou
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I1904PPI
mean1905VVPmean
,1906,,
it1907PPit
's1908VBZbe
a1909DTa
little1910RBlittle
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now1914RBnow
I1915PPI
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old1922JJold
court1923NNcourt
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but1925CCbut
the1926DTthe
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the1953DTthe
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the1958DTthe
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...1963:...
I1964PPI
...1965:...
I1966PPI
take1967VVPtake
your1968PP$your
point1969NNpoint
.1970SENT.
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to1975TOto
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any1978DTany
of1979INof
this1980DTthis
issue1981NNissue
preclusion1982NNpreclusion
stuff1983NNstuff
at1984INat
all1985DTall
?1986SENT?
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this1988DTthis
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was1990VBDbe
n't1991RBn't
raised1992VVNraise
by1993INby
the1994DTthe
district1995NNdistrict
,1996,,
passed1997VVNpass
on1998INon
by1999INby
the2000DTthe
district2001NNdistrict
court2002NNcourt
,2003,,
relied2004VVNrely
on2005INon
by2006INby
the2007DTthe
district2008NNdistrict
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in2011INin
this2012DTthis
proceeding2013NNproceeding
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why2015WRBwhy
should2016MDshould
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enmesh2018VVenmesh
ourselves2019PPourselves
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of2025INof
issue2026NNissue
preclusion2027NNpreclusion
?2028SENT?
[MR. HICKS]2029LOC[MR. HICKS]
Well2030UHWell
,2031,,
Justice2032NPJustice
Gorsuch2033NPGorsuch
,2034,,
I2035PPI
...2036:...
I2037PPI
do2038VVPdo
n't2039RBn't
think2040VVthink
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need2042VVPneed
to2043TOto
get2044VVget
into2045INinto
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.2047SENT.
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[JUSTICE GORSUCH]2064LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
Let2065NPLet
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do2067VVPdo
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.2070SENT.
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that2074DTthat
.2075SENT.
[MR. HICKS]2076LOC[MR. HICKS]
I2077PPI
...2078:...
I2079PPI
...2080:...
I2081PPI
would2082MDwould
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because2089INbecause
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should2205MDshould
n't2206RBn't
we2207PPwe
have2208VHPhave
the2209DTthe
same2210JJsame
result2211NNresult
here2212RBhere
that2213IN/thatthat
we2214PPwe
had2215VHDhave
in2216INin
Race2217NPRace
Horse2218NPHorse
,2219,,
and2220CCand
that2221DTthat
's2222VBZbe
the2223DTthe
part2224NNpart
of2225INof
Race2226NPRace
Horse2227NPHorse
that2228WDTthat
is2229VBZbe
preserved2230VVNpreserve
on2231INon
page2232NNpage
2072233CD@card@
by2234INby
Mille2235NPMille
Lacs2236NPLacs
?2237SENT?
[MR. HICKS]2238LOC[MR. HICKS]
Justice2239NPJustice
Kavanaugh2240NPKavanaugh
,2241,,
I2242PPI
...2243:...
I2244PPI
do2245VVPdo
n't2246RBn't
think2247VVthink
you2248PPyou
expressly2249RBexpressly
overruled2250VVDoverrule
the2251DTthe
outcome2252NNoutcome
in2253INin
Race2254NPRace
Horse2255NPHorse
,2256,,
but2257CCbut
I2258PPI
think2259VVPthink
that2260IN/thatthat
you2261PPyou
did2262VVDdo
reject2263VVreject
all2264PDTall
the2265DTthe
legal2266JJlegal
reasoning2267NNreasoning
that2268WDTthat
led2269VVDlead
to2270TOto
the2271DTthe
Race2272NPRace
Horse2273NPHorse
results2274NNSresult
.2275SENT.
I2276PPI
mean2277VVPmean
,2278,,
you2279PPyou
rejected2280VVDreject
the2281DTthe
equal2282JJequal
footing2283NNfooting
doctrine2284NNdoctrine
holding2285NNholding
.2286SENT.
You2287PPyou
rejected2288VVDreject
the2289DTthe
temporary2290JJtemporary
and2291CCand
precarious2292JJprecarious
approach2293NNapproach
to2294TOto
characterizing2295VVGcharacterize
treaty2296NNtreaty
rights2297NNSright
,2298,,
which2299WDTwhich
was2300VBDbe
a2301DTa
premise2302NNpremise
of2303INof
that2304DTthat
second2305JJsecond
...2306:...
[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]2307LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
But2308CCbut
...2309:...
but2310CCbut
we2311PPwe
...2312:...
sorry2313RBsorry
to2314TOto
interrupt2315VVinterrupt
.2316SENT.
We2317PPwe
concluded2318VVDconclude
that2319IN/thatthat
it2320PPit
was2321VBDbe
a2322DTa
question2323NNquestion
of2324INof
congressional2325JJcongressional
intent2326NNintent
,2327,,
whether2328INwhether
the2329DTthe
treaty2330NNtreaty
right2331NNright
was2332VBDbe
terminated2333VVNterminate
by2334INby
statehood2335NNstatehood
,2336,,
and2337CCand
we2338PPwe
concluded2339VVDconclude
that2340IN/thatthat
the2341DTthe
language2342NNlanguage
,2343,,
the2344DTthe
right2345NNright
to2346TOto
hunt2347VVhunt
on2348INon
unoccupied2349JJunoccupied
lands2350NNSland
of2351INof
the2352DTthe
United2353NPUnited
States2354NPSStates
,2355,,
was2356VBDbe
the2357DTthe
relevant2358JJrelevant
treaty2359NNtreaty
language2360NNlanguage
,2361,,
was2362VBDbe
terminated2363VVNterminate
by2364INby
Wyoming2365NPWyoming
's2366POS's
statehood2367NNstatehood
,2368,,
correct2369JJcorrect
?2370SENT?
[MR. HICKS]2371LOC[MR. HICKS]
I2372PPI
think2373VVPthink
you2374PPyou
concluded2375VVDconclude
that2376IN/thatthat
in2377INin
Race2378NPRace
Horse2379NPHorse
,2380,,
but2381CCbut
...2382:...
[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]2383LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
And2384CCand
that2385WDTthat
's2386VBZbe
preserved2387VVNpreserve
,2388,,
explicitly2389RBexplicitly
preserved2390VVNpreserve
,2391,,
on2392INon
page2393NNpage
2072394CD@card@
of2395INof
the2396DTthe
Mille2397NPMille
Lacs2398NPLacs
opinion2399NNopinion
.2400SENT.
That2401DTthat
part2402NNpart
is2403VBZbe
not2404RBnot
overruled2405VVNoverrule
.2406SENT.
And2407CCand
my2408PP$my
question2409NNquestion
is2410VBZbe
,2411,,
if2412INif
that2413DTthat
part2414NNpart
of2415INof
Race2416NPRace
Horse2417NPHorse
was2418VBDbe
not2419RBnot
overruled2420VVNoverrule
but2421CCbut
was2422VBDbe
explicitly2423RBexplicitly
preserved2424VVNpreserve
and2425CCand
,2426,,
in2427INin
fact2428NNfact
,2429,,
distinguished2430VVNdistinguish
from2431INfrom
the2432DTthe
Chippewa2433NPChippewa
treaty2434NNtreaty
,2435,,
how2436WRBhow
can2437MDcan
we2438PPwe
in2439INin
this2440DTthis
case2441NNcase
not2442RBnot
apply2443VVapply
the2444DTthe
same2445JJsame
result2446NNresult
that2447WDTthat
was2448VBDbe
applied2449VVNapply
in2450INin
Race2451NPRace
Horse2452NPHorse
,2453,,
with2454INwith
the2455DTthe
exact2456JJexact
same2457JJsame
treaty2458NNtreaty
language2459NNlanguage
?2460SENT?
Which2461WDTwhich
part2462NNpart
of2463INof
the2464DTthe
reasoning2465NNreasoning
is2466VBZbe
wrong2467JJwrong
there2468RBthere
?2469SENT?
[MR. HICKS]2470LOC[MR. HICKS]
A2471DTa
couple2472NNcouple
of2473INof
responses2474NNSresponse
.2475SENT.
First2476JJfirst
of2477INof
all2478DTall
,2479,,
I2480PPI
do2481VVPdo
n't2482RBn't
know2483VVknow
that2484IN/thatthat
you2485PPyou
would2486MDwould
be2487VBbe
applying2488VVGapply
the2489DTthe
results2490NNSresult
of2491INof
a2492DTa
prior2493JJprior
case2494NNcase
.2495SENT.
I2496PPI
think2497VVPthink
you2498PPyou
apply2499VVapply
your2500PP$your
reasoning2501NNreasoning
.2502SENT.
And2503CCand
I2504PPI
think2505VVPthink
that2506IN/thatthat
the2507DTthe
reasoning2508NNreasoning
that2509IN/thatthat
you2510PPyou
adopted2511VVDadopt
in2512INin
the2513DTthe
Race2514NPRace
Horse2515NPHorse
...2516:...
I2517PPI
'm2518VBPbe
sorry2519JJsorry
,2520,,
in2521INin
Mille2522NPMille
Lacs2523NPLacs
was2524VBDbe
that2525IN/thatthat
you2526PPyou
did2527VVDdo
not2528RBnot
accept2529VVaccept
this2530DTthis
idea2531NNidea
that2532WDTthat
...2533:...
that2534IN/thatthat
simply2535RBsimply
characterizing2536VVGcharacterize
a2537DTa
treaty2538NNtreaty
right2539NNright
as2540INas
temporary2541JJtemporary
and2542CCand
precarious2543JJprecarious
,2544,,
such2545JJsuch
that2546IN/thatthat
it2547PPit
could2548MDcould
be2549VBbe
impliedly2550RBimpliedly
terminated2551VVNterminate
by2552INby
statehood2553NNstatehood
...2554:...
and2555CCand
I2556PPI
recognize2557VVPrecognize
that2558IN/thatthat
you2559PPyou
distinguished2560VVDdistinguish
...2561:...
[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]2562LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
But2563CCbut
...2564:...
but2565CCbut
we2566PPwe
said2567VVDsay
that2568IN/thatthat
there2569EXthere
were2570VBDbe
...2571:...
we2572PPwe
said2573VVDsay
unlike2574INunlike
the2575DTthe
treaty2576NNtreaty
at2577INat
issue2578NNissue
in2579INin
Race2580NPRace
Horse2581NPHorse
,2582,,
right2583RBright
,2584,,
and2585CCand
then2586RBthen
we2587PPwe
said2588VVDsay
there2589EXthere
was2590VBDbe
a2591DTa
clearly2592RBclearly
contemplated2593VVNcontemplate
event2594NNevent
in2595INin
Race2596NPRace
Horse2597NPHorse
,2598,,
unlike2599INunlike
in2600INin
...2601:...
in2602INin
the2603DTthe
Mille2604NPMille
Lacs2605NPLacs
treaty2606NNtreaty
...2607:...
[MR. HICKS]2608LOC[MR. HICKS]
That2609DTthat
...2610:...
[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]2611LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
...2612:...
and2613CCand
the2614DTthe
clearly2615RBclearly
contemplated2616VVNcontemplate
event2617NNevent
was2618VBDbe
the2619DTthe
language2620NNlanguage
said2621VVDsay
hunting2622NNhunting
on2623INon
the2624DTthe
unoccupied2625JJunoccupied
lands2626NNSland
of2627INof
the2628DTthe
United2629NPUnited
States2630NPSStates
,2631,,
that2632WDTthat
that2633RBthat
was2634VBDbe
terminated2635VVNterminate
by2636INby
statehood2637NNstatehood
,2638,,
right2639RBright
?2640SENT?
[MR. HICKS]2641LOC[MR. HICKS]
No2642NPNo
,2643,,
I2644PPI
do2645VVPdo
n't2646RBn't
actually2647RBactually
think2648VVPthink
that2649IN/thatthat
you2650PPyou
actually2651RBactually
went2652VVDgo
on2653INon
and2654CCand
said2655VVDsay
that2656IN/thatthat
that2657DTthat
particular2658JJparticular
language2659NNlanguage
was2660VBDbe
terminated2661VVNterminate
by2662INby
statehood2663NNstatehood
.2664SENT.
You2665PPyou
recognized2666VVDrecognize
the2667DTthe
holding2668NNholding
that2669IN/thatthat
Congress2670NPCongress
did2671VVDdo
not2672RBnot
intend2673VVintend
for2674INfor
that2675DTthat
particular2676JJparticular
treaty2677NNtreaty
right2678NNright
to2679TOto
...2680:...
to2681TOto
survive2682VVsurvive
statehood2683NNstatehood
.2684SENT.
But2685CCbut
then2686RBthen
you2687PPyou
went2688VVDgo
on2689RPon
.2690SENT.
When2691WRBwhen
you2692PPyou
...2693:...
when2694WRBwhen
you2695PPyou
distinguished2696VVDdistinguish
that2697IN/thatthat
particular2698JJparticular
treaty2699NNtreaty
,2700,,
the2701DTthe
Race2702NPRace
Horse2703NPHorse
treaty2704NNtreaty
,2705,,
you2706PPyou
actually2707RBactually
distinguished2708VVDdistinguish
it2709PPit
by2710INby
recognizing2711VVGrecognize
the2712DTthe
express2713JJexpress
conditions2714NNScondition
of2715INof
termination2716NNtermination
in2717INin
that2718DTthat
treaty2719NNtreaty
,2720,,
which2721WDTwhich
is2722VBZbe
unoccupied2723JJunoccupied
land2724NNland
...2725:...
[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]2726LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
Do2727VVPdo
you2728PPyou
think2729VVPthink
...2730:...
[JUSTICE KAGAN]2731LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
So2732RBso
,2733,,
Mister2734NPMister
...2735:...
[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]2736LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
...2737:...
Race2738NNrace
Horse2739NPHorse
is2740VBZbe
overruled2741VVNoverrule
or2742CCor
not2743RBnot
,2744,,
the2745DTthe
result2746NNresult
in2747INin
Race2748NPRace
Horse2749NPHorse
?2750SENT?
[MR. HICKS]2751LOC[MR. HICKS]
I2752PPI
think2753VVPthink
that2754IN/thatthat
you2755PPyou
did2756VVDdo
not2757RBnot
expressly2758RBexpressly
in2759INin
haec2760NNhaec
verba2761NNSverba
overrule2762VVPoverrule
the2763DTthe
decision2764NNdecision
...2765:...
the2766DTthe
outcome2767NNoutcome
.2768SENT.
[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]2769LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
You2770PPyou
think2771VVPthink
it2772PPit
's2773VBZbe
still2774RBstill
good2775JJgood
law2776NNlaw
as2777RBas
to2778TOto
the2779DTthe
tribe2780NNtribe
at2781INat
issue2782NNissue
in2783INin
Race2784NPRace
Horse2785NPHorse
?2786SENT?
[MR. HICKS]2787LOC[MR. HICKS]
I2788PPI
think2789VVPthink
that2790IN/thatthat
if2791INif
...2792:...
if2793INif
the2794DTthe
tribe2795NNtribe
in2796INin
Race2797NPRace
Horse2798NPHorse
were2799VBDbe
here2800RBhere
,2801,,
I2802PPI
think2803VVPthink
that2804IN/thatthat
it2805PPit
would2806MDwould
have2807VHhave
to2808TOto
be2809VBbe
arguing2810VVGargue
that2811IN/thatthat
you2812PPyou
explicitly2813RBexplicitly
overruled2814VVDoverrule
it2815PPit
.2816SENT.
But2817CCbut
I2818PPI
do2819VVPdo
n't2820RBn't
think2821VVthink
you2822PPyou
need2823VVPneed
to2824TOto
do2825VVdo
that2826IN/thatthat
here2827RBhere
.2828SENT.
I2829PPI
think2830VVPthink
what2831WPwhat
you2832PPyou
...2833:...
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]2834LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
Why2835WRBwhy
not2836RBnot
?2837SENT?
Go2838VVgo
back2839RBback
to2840TOto
Judge2841NPJudge
Kavanaugh2842NPKavanaugh
's2843POS's
question2844NNquestion
.2845SENT.
The2846DTthe
language2847NNlanguage
is2848VBZbe
nearly2849RBnearly
identical2850JJidentical
.2851SENT.
Would2852MDwould
n't2853RBn't
we2854PPwe
have2855VHPhave
to2856TOto
say2857VVsay
that2858IN/thatthat
Race2859NPRace
Horse2860NPHorse
is2861VBZbe
overruled2862VVNoverrule
to2863TOto
come2864VVcome
to2865TOto
a2866DTa
different2867JJdifferent
conclusion2868NNconclusion
?2869SENT?
How2870WRBHow
would2871MDwould
we2872PPwe
distinguish2873VVdistinguish
the2874DTthe
two2875CDtwo
?2876SENT?
[MR. HICKS]2877LOC[MR. HICKS]
Well2878UHwell
,2879,,
I2880PPI
think2881VVPthink
...2882:...
I2883PPI
think2884VVPthink
that2885IN/thatthat
you2886PPyou
simply2887RBsimply
need2888VVPneed
to2889TOto
apply2890VVapply
the2891DTthe
reasoning2892NNreasoning
that2893IN/thatthat
you2894PPyou
set2895VVDset
forth2896RBforth
,2897,,
the2898DTthe
new2899JJnew
reasoning2900NNreasoning
in2901INin
Mille2902NPMille
Lacs2903NPLacs
,2904,,
to2905TOto
this2906DTthis
Crow2907NPCrow
Tribe2908NPTribe
treaty2909NNtreaty
,2910,,
which2911WDTwhich
has2912VHZhave
never2913RBnever
been2914VBNbe
before2915INbefore
the2916DTthe
Court2917NPCourt
.2918SENT.
And2919CCand
now2920RBnow
,2921,,
if2922INif
that2923WDTthat
creates2924VVZcreate
,2925,,
you2926PPyou
know2927VVPknow
,2928,,
a2929DTa
bit2930NNbit
of2931INof
a2932DTa
situation2933NNsituation
where2934WRBwhere
you2935PPyou
've2936VHPhave
got2937VVNget
,2938,,
you2939PPyou
know2940VVPknow
,2941,,
the2942DTthe
...2943:...
the2944DTthe
Shoshone-Bannock2945NPShoshone-Bannock
treaty2946NNtreaty
that2947WDTthat
was2948VBDbe
interpreted2949VVNinterpret
using2950VVGuse
old2951JJold
reasoning2952NNreasoning
having2953VHGhave
the2954DTthe
right2955RBright
terminated2956VVNterminate
and2957CCand
,2958,,
you2959PPyou
know2960VVPknow
,2961,,
having2962VHGhave
a2963DTa
...2964:...
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]2965LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
You2966PPyou
know2967VVPknow
,2968,,
Justice2969NPJustice
...2970:...
Chief2971NPChief
Justice2972NPJustice
Rehnquist2973NPRehnquist
...2974:...
I2975PPI
do2976VVPdo
n't2977RBn't
know2978VVknow
if2979INif
he2980PPhe
was2981VBDbe
Chief2982JJchief
back2983RBback
then2984RBthen
...2985:...
said2986VVDsay
that2987IN/thatthat
we2988PPwe
had2989VHDhave
...2990:...
that2991IN/thatthat
the2992DTthe
majority2993NNmajority
had2994VHDhave
effectively2995RBeffectively
overruled2996VVNoverrule
Race2997NPRace
Horse2998NPHorse
,2999,,
and3000CCand
so3001RBso
have3002VHhave
commentators3003NNScommentator
.3004SENT.
So3005RBso
should3006MDshould
we3007PPwe
just3008RBjust
say3009VVPsay
it3010PPit
?3011SENT?
And3012CCand
you3013PPyou
still3014RBstill
have3015VHPhave
n't3016RBn't
told3017VVNtell
me3018PPme
what3019WPwhat
factually3020RBfactually
is3021VBZbe
different3022JJdifferent
between3023INbetween
the3024DTthe
two3025CDtwo
treaty3026NNtreaty
provisions3027NNSprovision
...3028:...
[MR. HICKS]3029LOC[MR. HICKS]
Well3030UHwell
,3031,,
I3032PPI
can3033MDcan
...3034:...
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]3035LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
...3036:...
that3037WDTthat
would3038MDwould
distinguish3039VVdistinguish
them3040PPthem
sufficient3041JJsufficient
for3042INfor
us3043PPus
to3044TOto
say3045VVsay
we3046PPwe
're3047VBPbe
applying3048VVGapply
the3049DTthe
new3050JJnew
logic3051NNlogic
and3052CCand
this3053DTthis
treaty3054NNtreaty
provision3055NNprovision
fits3056VVZfit
that3057IN/thatthat
new3058JJnew
logic3059NNlogic
,3060,,
plus3061CCplus
it3062PPit
's3063VBZbe
different3064JJdifferent
from3065INfrom
Race3066NPRace
Horse3067NPHorse
,3068,,
why3069WRBwhy
?3070SENT?
You3071PPyou
have3072VHPhave
n't3073RBn't
filled3074VVNfill
in3075INin
that3076DTthat
blank3077NNblank
.3078SENT.
[MR. HICKS]3079LOC[MR. HICKS]
Sure3080NPSure
.3081SENT.
And3082CCand
...3083:...
and3084CCand
I3085PPI
would3086MDwould
say3087VVsay
that3088IN/thatthat
,3089,,
you3090PPyou
know3091VVPknow
,3092,,
first3093JJfirst
of3094INof
all3095DTall
,3096,,
I3097PPI
think3098VVPthink
it3099PPit
would3100MDwould
be3101VBbe
far3102RBfar
more3103RBRmore
unusual3104JJunusual
not3105RBnot
to3106TOto
apply3107VVapply
your3108PP$your
controlling3109JJcontrolling
precedent3110NNprecedent
on3111INon
Indian3112JJIndian
treaty3113NNtreaty
termination3114NNtermination
,3115,,
termination3116NNtermination
of3117INof
Indian3118JJIndian
treaty3119NNtreaty
rights3120NNSright
,3121,,
to3122TOto
a3123DTa
treaty3124NNtreaty
that3125WDTthat
has3126VHZhave
never3127RBnever
been3128VBNbe
before3129INbefore
this3130DTthis
Court3131NPCourt
simply3132RBsimply
because3133INbecause
there3134EXthere
's3135VBZbe
old3136JJold
reasoning3137NNreasoning
to3138TOto
a3139DTa
treaty3140NNtreaty
that3141WDTthat
has3142VHZhave
not3143RBnot
been3144VBNbe
before3145INbefore
the3146DTthe
Court3147NPCourt
.3148SENT.
But3149CCbut
if3150INif
you3151PPyou
're3152VBPbe
looking3153VVGlook
for3154INfor
distinctions3155NNSdistinction
between3156INbetween
the3157DTthe
treaties3158NNStreaty
,3159,,
of3160INof
course3161NNcourse
,3162,,
this3163DTthis
Court3164NPCourt
has3165VHZhave
said3166VVNsay
,3167,,
including3168VVGinclude
in3169INin
Mille3170NPMille
Lacs3171NPLacs
itself3172PPitself
,3173,,
that3174IN/thatthat
you3175PPyou
do3176VVPdo
n't3177RBn't
just3178RBjust
look3179VVlook
to3180TOto
the3181DTthe
identical3182JJidentical
text3183NNtext
of3184INof
two3185CDtwo
treaties3186NNStreaty
.3187SENT.
You3188PPyou
look3189VVPlook
at3190INat
the3191DTthe
negotiations3192NNSnegotiation
.3193SENT.
You3194PPyou
look3195VVPlook
at3196INat
the3197DTthe
history3198NNhistory
.3199SENT.
You3200PPyou
look3201VVPlook
at3202INat
the3203DTthe
post-ratification3204NNpost-ratification
history3205NNhistory
.3206SENT.
And3207CCand
as3208INas
we3209PPwe
've3210VHPhave
put3211VVNput
forward3212RBforward
in3213INin
our3214PP$our
brief3215NNbrief
,3216,,
there3217EXthere
is3218VBZbe
nothing3219NNnothing
in3220INin
either3221CCeither
the3222DTthe
text3223NNtext
or3224CCor
the3225DTthe
negotiations3226NNSnegotiation
or3227CCor
the3228DTthe
post-ratification3229NNpost-ratification
history3230NNhistory
that3231WDTthat
gives3232VVZgive
any3233DTany
indication3234NNindication
that3235IN/thatthat
statehood3236NNstatehood
would3237MDwould
have3238VHhave
been3239VBNbe
a3240DTa
terminating3241VVGterminate
event3242NNevent
.3243SENT.
[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]3244LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
What3245WPWhat
's3246VBZbe
different3247JJdifferent
about3248INabout
the3249DTthe
Crow3250NPCrow
treaty3251NNtreaty
,3252,,
which3253WDTwhich
is3254VBZbe
18683255CD@card@
,3256,,
and3257CCand
the3258DTthe
Shoshone3259NPShoshone
treaty3260NNtreaty
,3261,,
18683262CD@card@
,3263,,
in3264INin
terms3265NNSterm
of3266INof
the3267DTthe
negotiations3268NNSnegotiation
or3269CCor
the3270DTthe
intent3271NNintent
?3272SENT?
The3273DTthe
language3274NNlanguage
is3275VBZbe
exactly3276RBexactly
the3277DTthe
same3278JJsame
.3279SENT.
So3280RBso
what3281WPwhat
's3282VBZbe
different3283JJdifferent
about3284INabout
the3285DTthe
intent3286NNintent
?3287SENT?
[MR. HICKS]3288LOC[MR. HICKS]
Well3289UHwell
,3290,,
we3291PPwe
do3292VVPdo
n't3293RBn't
know3294VVknow
much3295RBmuch
about3296INabout
the3297DTthe
negotiations3298NNSnegotiation
or3299CCor
the3300DTthe
history3301NNhistory
of3302INof
the3303DTthe
Shoshone-Bannock3304NPShoshone-Bannock
treaty3305NNtreaty
because3306INbecause
that3307WDTthat
really3308RBreally
was3309VBDbe
n't3310RBn't
addressed3311VVNaddress
much3312RBmuch
in3313INin
the3314DTthe
Race3315NPRace
Horse3316NPHorse
decision3317NNdecision
,3318,,
but3319CCbut
there3320EXthere
are3321VBPbe
...3322:...
there3323EXthere
are3324VBPbe
material3325NNmaterial
distinctions3326NNSdistinction
between3327INbetween
the3328DTthe
history3329NNhistory
in3330INin
the3331DTthe
way3332NNway
that3333IN/thatthat
these3334DTthese
treaties3335NNStreaty
came3336VVDcome
about3337RBabout
.3338SENT.
For3339INfor
example3340NNexample
...3341:...
[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]3342LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
These3343DTthese
two3344CDtwo
treaties3345NNStreaty
?3346SENT?
[MR. HICKS]3347LOC[MR. HICKS]
For3348INfor
the3349DTthe
...3350:...
the3351DTthe
...3352:...
the3353DTthe
Race3354NPRace
Horse3355NPHorse
treaty3356NNtreaty
,3357,,
the3358DTthe
Shoshone-Bannock3359NPShoshone-Bannock
treaty3360NNtreaty
,3361,,
and3362CCand
the3363DTthe
Crow3364NPCrow
Tribe3365NPTribe
treaty3366NNtreaty
.3367SENT.
The3368DTthe
Shoshone-Bannock3369NPShoshone-Bannock
were3370VBDbe
on3371INon
the3372DTthe
complete3373JJcomplete
other3374JJother
side3375NNside
of3376INof
Wyoming3377NPWyoming
.3378SENT.
The3379DTthe
treaty3380NNtreaty
came3381VVDcome
about3382RBabout
because3383INbecause
of3384INof
different3385JJdifferent
conflicts3386NNSconflict
with3387INwith
settlers3388NNSsettler
.3389SENT.
The3390DTthe
...3391:...
the3392DTthe
Crow3393NPCrow
Tribe3394NPTribe
is3395VBZbe
on3396INon
the3397DTthe
complete3398JJcomplete
other3399JJother
side3400NNside
of3401INof
Wyoming3402NPWyoming
.3403SENT.
It3404PPit
's3405VBZbe
nowhere3406RBnowhere
near3407INnear
Yellowstone3408NPYellowstone
National3409NPNational
Park3410NPPark
,3411,,
which3412WDTwhich
was3413VBDbe
something3414NNsomething
that3415IN/thatthat
the3416DTthe
...3417:...
the3418DTthe
Race3419NPRace
Horse3420NPHorse
Court3421NPCourt
was3422VBDbe
looking3423VVGlook
at3424INat
as3425RBas
well3426RBwell
.3427SENT.
I3428PPI
mean3429VVPmean
,3430,,
there3431EXthere
are3432VBPbe
material3433NNmaterial
distinctions3434NNSdistinction
between3435INbetween
the3436DTthe
way3437NNway
that3438IN/thatthat
these3439DTthese
two3440CDtwo
treaties3441NNStreaty
came3442VVDcome
to3443TOto
be3444VBbe
because3445INbecause
of3446INof
the3447DTthe
different3448JJdifferent
histories3449NNShistory
between3450INbetween
the3451DTthe
two3452CDtwo
tribes3453NNStribe
.3454SENT.
[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]3455LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
But3456CCbut
you3457PPyou
have3458VHPhave
n't3459RBn't
pointed3460VVNpoint
to3461TOto
anything3462NNanything
really3463RBreally
specific3464JJspecific
.3465SENT.
My3466PP$my
concern3467NNconcern
just3468RBjust
is3469VBZbe
...3470:...
is3471VBZbe
just3472RBjust
that3473IN/thatthat
if3474INif
we3475PPwe
end3476VVPend
up3477RPup
with3478INwith
agreeing3479VVGagree
with3480INwith
you3481PPyou
on3482INon
the3483DTthe
merits3484NNSmerit
,3485,,
we3486PPwe
'll3487MDwill
have3488VHhave
a3489DTa
result3490NNresult
that3491IN/thatthat
the3492DTthe
same3493JJsame
treaty3494NNtreaty
language3495NNlanguage
creates3496VVZcreate
two3497CDtwo
different3498JJdifferent
results3499NNSresult
,3500,,
one3501CDone
for3502INfor
the3503DTthe
Shoshone3504NPShoshone
ends3505VVZend
at3506INat
statehood3507NNstatehood
,3508,,
the3509DTthe
treaty3510NNtreaty
right3511NNright
,3512,,
and3513CCand
the3514DTthe
other3515JJother
does3516VVZdo
not3517RBnot
for3518INfor
this3519DTthis
,3520,,
the3521DTthe
Crow3522NPCrow
,3523,,
even3524RBeven
though3525INthough
it3526PPit
's3527VBZbe
the3528DTthe
exact3529JJexact
same3530JJsame
treaty3531NNtreaty
language3532NNlanguage
.3533SENT.
And3534CCand
I3535PPI
'd3536MDwould
like3537VVlike
,3538,,
if3539INif
we3540PPwe
're3541VBPbe
going3542VVGgo
to3543TOto
reach3544VVreach
that3545DTthat
result3546NNresult
,3547,,
to3548TOto
be3549VBbe
able3550JJable
to3551TOto
point3552VVpoint
to3553TOto
something3554NNsomething
.3555SENT.
And3556CCand
what3557WPwhat
is3558VBZbe
that3559DTthat
something3560NNsomething
?3561SENT?
[MR. HICKS]3562LOC[MR. HICKS]
Justice3563NPJustice
Kavanaugh3564NPKavanaugh
,3565,,
I3566PPI
think3567VVPthink
that3568IN/thatthat
if3569INif
...3570:...
if3571INif
there3572EXthere
are3573VBPbe
different3574JJdifferent
results3575NNSresult
there3576RBthere
,3577,,
I3578PPI
think3579VVPthink
that3580DTthat
's3581VBZbe
a3582DTa
consequence3583NNconsequence
of3584INof
the3585DTthe
new3586JJnew
reasoning3587NNreasoning
that3588IN/thatthat
you3589PPyou
set3590VVDset
out3591RPout
in3592INin
Mille3593NPMille
Lacs3594NPLacs
.3595SENT.
And3596CCand
I3597PPI
think3598VVPthink
it3599PPit
would3600MDwould
be3601VBbe
far3602RBfar
more3603RBRmore
unusual3604JJunusual
not3605RBnot
to3606TOto
apply3607VVapply
...3608:...
[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]3609LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
But3610CCbut
that3611WDTthat
would3612MDwould
have3613VHhave
been3614VBNbe
...3615:...
sorry3616RBsorry
to3617TOto
interrupt3618VVinterrupt
.3619SENT.
That3620DTthat
would3621MDwould
have3622VHhave
been3623VBNbe
a3624DTa
reason3625NNreason
on3626INon
page3627NNpage
2073628CD@card@
to3629TOto
say3630VVsay
the3631DTthe
Race3632NPRace
Horse3633NPHorse
decision3634NNdecision
is3635VBZbe
gone3636VVNgo
.3637SENT.
And3638CCand
that3639DTthat
's3640VBZbe
not3641RBnot
what3642WPwhat
we3643PPwe
said3644VVDsay
.3645SENT.
We3646PPwe
distinguished3647VVDdistinguish
the3648DTthe
treaty3649NNtreaty
language3650NNlanguage
.3651SENT.
And3652CCand
maybe3653RBmaybe
we3654PPwe
should3655MDshould
have3656VHhave
said3657VVNsay
it3658PPit
's3659VBZbe
gone3660VVNgo
,3661,,
but3662CCbut
we3663PPwe
did3664VVDdo
n't3665RBn't
.3666SENT.
[MR. HICKS]3667LOC[MR. HICKS]
Well3668UHwell
,3669,,
I3670PPI
certainly3671RBcertainly
think3672VVPthink
that3673IN/thatthat
if3674INif
it3675PPit
gives3676VVZgive
you3677PPyou
heartburn3678NNheartburn
to3679TOto
have3680VHhave
two3681CDtwo
different3682JJdifferent
results3683NNSresult
because3684INbecause
you3685PPyou
're3686VBPbe
applying3687VVGapply
your3688PP$your
latest3689JJSlate
legal3690JJlegal
reasoning3691NNreasoning
,3692,,
I3693PPI
think3694VVPthink
you3695PPyou
can3696MDcan
take3697VVtake
the3698DTthe
extra3699JJextra
step3700NNstep
.3701SENT.
You3702PPyou
did3703VVDdo
so3704RBso
in3705INin
the3706DTthe
Limbach3707NPLimbach
case3708NNcase
that3709WDTthat
we3710PPwe
...3711:...
that3712IN/thatthat
we3713PPwe
cited3714VVDcite
,3715,,
in3716INin
the3717DTthe
Sunnen3718NPSunnen
case3719NNcase
.3720SENT.
I3721PPI
mean3722VVPmean
,3723,,
these3724DTthese
are3725VBPbe
examples3726NNSexample
where3727WRBwhere
,3728,,
you3729PPyou
know3730VVPknow
,3731,,
Limbach3732NPLimbach
actually3733RBactually
says3734VVZsay
so3735RBso
there3736RBthere
...3737:...
so3738RBso
that3739IN/thatthat
there3740EXthere
may3741MDmay
be3742VBbe
no3743DTno
misunderstanding3744NNmisunderstanding
,3745,,
we3746PPwe
hereby3747RBhereby
expressly3748RBexpressly
overrule3749VVoverrule
this3750DTthis
decision3751NNdecision
that3752WDTthat
's3753VBZbe
...3754:...
you3755PPyou
know3756VVPknow
,3757,,
that3758IN/thatthat
we3759PPwe
probably3760RBprobably
should3761MDshould
have3762VHhave
just3763RBjust
expressly3764RBexpressly
overruled3765VVNoverrule
before3766RBbefore
.3767SENT.
So3768RBso
...3769:...
[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]3770LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
Well3771UHWell
,3772,,
how3773WRBhow
much3774JJmuch
are3775VBPbe
you3776PPyou
going3777VVGgo
to3778TOto
have3779VHhave
to3780TOto
unwind3781VVunwind
if3782INif
you3783PPyou
apply3784VVPapply
...3785:...
you3786PPyou
no3787RBno
longer3788RBRlonger
believe3789VVPbelieve
that3790IN/thatthat
statehood3791NNstatehood
eliminated3792VVDeliminate
the3793DTthe
treaty3794NNtreaty
provisions3795NNSprovision
in3796INin
Race3797NPRace
Horse3798NPHorse
?3799SENT?
[MR. HICKS]3800LOC[MR. HICKS]
Nothing3801NNnothing
,3802,,
Your3803PP$your
Honor3804NPHonor
,3805,,
because3806INbecause
there3807EXthere
's3808VBZbe
...3809:...
there3810EXthere
's3811VBZbe
no3812DTno
other3813JJother
state3814NNstate
that3815WDTthat
has3816VHZhave
to3817TOto
...3818:...
that3819WDTthat
is3820VBZbe
operating3821VVGoperate
under3822INunder
this3823DTthis
.3824SENT.
There3825EXthere
's3826VBZbe
no3827DTno
other3828JJother
state3829NNstate
aside3830RBaside
from3831INfrom
Wyoming3832NPWyoming
that3833WDTthat
has3834VHZhave
been3835VBNbe
free3836JJfree
of3837INof
recognizing3838VVGrecognize
Indian3839JJIndian
treaty3840NNtreaty
rights3841NNSright
.3842SENT.
So3843RBso
that3844DTthat
's3845VBZbe
not3846RBnot
a3847DTa
consideration3848NNconsideration
.3849SENT.
And3850CCand
there3851EXthere
's3852VHZhave
been3853VBNbe
no3854DTno
suggestion3855NNsuggestion
or3856CCor
evidence3857NNevidence
that3858IN/thatthat
Wyoming3859NPWyoming
has3860VHZhave
ever3861RBever
relied3862VVNrely
on3863INon
this3864DTthis
particular3865JJparticular
Race3866NPRace
Horse3867NPHorse
treaty3868NNtreaty
in3869INin
the3870DTthe
way3871NNway
that3872IN/thatthat
it3873PPit
has3874VHZhave
formulated3875VVNformulate
its3876PP$its
...3877:...
its3878PP$its
natural3879JJnatural
resource3880NNresource
management3881NNmanagement
or3882CCor
in3883INin
the3884DTthe
way3885NNway
that3886IN/thatthat
it3887PPit
...3888:...
[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]3889LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
Well3890UHwell
,3891,,
you3892PPyou
'd3893MDwould
still3894RBstill
have3895VHhave
the3896DTthe
result3897NNresult
that3898WDTthat
concerns3899VVZconcern
Justice3900NPJustice
Kavanaugh3901NPKavanaugh
,3902,,
that3903WDTthat
under3904INunder
the3905DTthe
exact3906JJexact
same3907JJsame
language3908NNlanguage
,3909,,
the3910DTthe
two3911CDtwo
different3912JJdifferent
tribes3913NNStribe
are3914VBPbe
going3915VVGgo
to3916TOto
be3917VBbe
treated3918VVNtreat
differently3919RBdifferently
.3920SENT.
[MR. HICKS]3921LOC[MR. HICKS]
But3922CCbut
I3923PPI
think3924VVPthink
that3925DTthat
's3926VBZbe
a3927DTa
consequence3928NNconsequence
of3929INof
the3930DTthe
Mille3931NPMille
Lacs3932NPLacs
reasoning3933NNreasoning
,3934,,
which3935WDTwhich
is3936VBZbe
your3937PP$your
most3938RBSmost
recent3939JJrecent
controlling3940JJcontrolling
precedent3941NNprecedent
on3942INon
interpreting3943VVGinterpret
the3944DTthe
termination3945NNtermination
of3946INof
Indian3947JJIndian
treaty3948NNtreaty
rights3949NNSright
.3950SENT.
23951CD2
counsel3952NNcounsel
.3953SENT.
53954CD5
If3955INif
I3956PPI
can3957MDcan
reserve3958VVreserve
my3959PP$my
time3960NNtime
,3961,,
please3962UHplease
.3963SENT.
[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]3964LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
Thank3965VVthank
you3966PPyou
,3967,,
Mr3968NPMr
.3969SENT.
Liu3970NPLiu
.3971SENT.
[MR. LIU]3972LOC[MR. LIU]
Mr3973NPMr
.3974SENT.
Chief3975NPChief
Justice3976NPJustice
,3977,,
and3978CCand
may3979MDmay
it3980PPit
please3981VVplease
the3982DTthe
Court3983NPCourt
:3984::
If3985INif
the3986DTthe
principles3987NNSprinciple
of3988INof
Mille3989NPMille
Lacs3990NPLacs
apply3991VVapply
here3992RBhere
,3993,,
I3994PPI
do3995VVPdo
n't3996RBn't
think3997VVthink
there3998EXthere
can3999MDcan
be4000VBbe
much4001JJmuch
doubt4002NNdoubt
about4003INabout
the4004DTthe
outcome4005NNoutcome
.4006SENT.
The4007DTthe
decision4008NNdecision
below4009RBbelow
should4010MDshould
be4011VBbe
reversed4012VVNreverse
.4013SENT.
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]4014LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
What4015WPWhat
do4016VVPdo
you4017PPyou
say4018VVPsay
to4019TOto
the4020DTthe
suggestion4021NNsuggestion
that4022IN/thatthat
we4023PPwe
just4024RBjust
be4025VBbe
done4026VVNdo
with4027INwith
Race4028NPRace
Horse4029NPHorse
and4030CCand
overrule4031VVoverrule
it4032PPit
?4033SENT?
[MR. LIU]4034LOC[MR. LIU]
The4035DTthe
government4036NNgovernment
would4037MDwould
be4038VBbe
fine4039JJfine
with4040INwith
that4041DTthat
.4042SENT.
We4043PPwe
would4044MDwould
invite4045VVinvite
the4046DTthe
Court4047NPCourt
to4048TOto
overrule4049VVoverrule
Race4050NPRace
Horse4051NPHorse
.4052SENT.
I4053PPI
do4054VVPdo
want4055VVwant
to4056TOto
make4057VVmake
clear4058JJclear
that4059IN/thatthat
,4060,,
in4061INin
our4062PP$our
view4063NNview
,4064,,
it4065PPit
's4066VBZbe
not4067RBnot
necessary4068JJnecessary
to4069TOto
take4070VVtake
that4071DTthat
extra4072JJextra
step4073NNstep
.4074SENT.
Even4075RBeven
though4076INthough
these4077DTthese
two4078CDtwo
treaties4079NNStreaty
have4080VHPhave
the4081DTthe
same4082JJsame
language4083NNlanguage
,4084,,
this4085DTthis
is4086VBZbe
a4087DTa
different4088JJdifferent
treaty4089NNtreaty
than4090INthan
the4091DTthe
treaty4092NNtreaty
that4093WDTthat
was4094VBDbe
before4095INbefore
this4096DTthis
Court4097NPCourt
in4098INin
Race4099NPRace
Horse4100NPHorse
.4101SENT.
It4102PPit
governs4103VVZgovern
a4104DTa
different4105JJdifferent
tribe4106NNtribe
on4107INon
different4108JJdifferent
lands4109NNSland
.4110SENT.
And4111CCand
so4112RBso
I4113PPI
think4114VVPthink
this4115DTthis
Court4116NPCourt
is4117VBZbe
still4118RBstill
faced4119VVNface
with4120INwith
the4121DTthe
question4122NNquestion
,4123,,
even4124RBeven
though4125INthough
the4126DTthe
language4127NNlanguage
is4128VBZbe
the4129DTthe
same4130JJsame
,4131,,
about4132RBabout
whether4133INwhether
to4134TOto
extend4135VVextend
the4136DTthe
erroneous4137JJerroneous
reasoning4138NNreasoning
of4139INof
Race4140NPRace
Horse4141NPHorse
to4142TOto
a4143DTa
new4144JJnew
context4145NNcontext
.4146SENT.
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]4147LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
Would4148MDwould
you4149PPyou
please4150VVplease
stop4151VVstop
talking4152VVGtalk
in4153INin
generalities4154NNSgenerality
?4155SENT?
[MR. LIU]4156LOC[MR. LIU]
Oh4157NPOh
,4158,,
sure4159JJsure
.4160SENT.
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]4161LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
Give4162VVgive
me4163PPme
a4164DTa
specific4165NNspecific
in4166INin
which4167WDTwhich
way4168NNway
are4169VBPbe
the4170DTthe
two4171CDtwo
tribes4172NNStribe
or4173CCor
their4174PP$their
history4175NNhistory
different4176JJdifferent
?4177SENT?
[MR. LIU]4178LOC[MR. LIU]
Well4179UHWell
,4180,,
Your4181PP$your
Honor4182NPHonor
,4183,,
to4184TOto
be4185VBbe
frank4186JJfrank
,4187,,
I4188PPI
...4189:...
I4190PPI
do4191VVPdo
n't4192RBn't
think4193VVthink
there4194RBthere
...4195:...
the4196DTthe
government4197NNgovernment
is4198VBZbe
n't4199RBn't
going4200VVGgo
to4201TOto
be4202VBbe
able4203JJable
to4204TOto
point4205VVpoint
to4206TOto
a4207DTa
difference4208NNdifference
in4209INin
the4210DTthe
history4211NNhistory
.4212SENT.
We4213PPwe
just4214RBjust
think4215VVPthink
Race4216NPRace
Horse4217NPHorse
itself4218PPitself
was4219VBDbe
wrong4220JJwrong
.4221SENT.
But4222CCbut
I4223PPI
think4224VVPthink
the4225DTthe
question4226NNquestion
is4227VBZbe
still4228RBstill
,4229,,
should4230MDshould
you4231PPyou
extend4232VVextend
that4233DTthat
reasoning4234NNreasoning
to4235TOto
a4236DTa
new4237JJnew
context4238NNcontext
?4239SENT?
You4240PPyou
know4241VVPknow
,4242,,
one4243CDone
of4244INof
the4245DTthe
...4246:...
one4247CDone
of4248INof
the4249DTthe
reasons4250NNSreason
you4251PPyou
might4252MDmight
want4253VVwant
to4254TOto
extend4255VVextend
it4256PPit
is4257VBZbe
this4258DTthis
...4259:...
this4260DTthis
interest4261NNinterest
in4262INin
uniformity4263NNuniformity
,4264,,
but4265CCbut
I4266PPI
think4267VVPthink
it4268PPit
's4269VBZbe
important4270JJimportant
to4271TOto
remember4272VVremember
that4273IN/thatthat
that4274DTthat
...4275:...
that4276DTthat
uniformity4277NNuniformity
rationale4278NNrationale
just4279RBjust
is4280VBZbe
n't4281RBn't
going4282VVGgo
to4283TOto
work4284VVwork
here4285RBhere
.4286SENT.
The4287DTthe
Shoshone-Bannock4288NPShoshone-Bannock
Tribe4289NPTribe
,4290,,
which4291WDTwhich
was4292VBDbe
the4293DTthe
tribe4294NNtribe
involved4295VVNinvolve
in4296INin
the4297DTthe
Race4298NPRace
Horse4299NPHorse
decision4300NNdecision
,4301,,
has4302VHZhave
its4303PP$its
reservation4304NNreservation
in4305INin
Idaho4306NPIdaho
.4307SENT.
And4308CCand
the4309DTthe
Idaho4310NPIdaho
Supreme4311NPSupreme
Court4312NPCourt
and4313CCand
the4314DTthe
Ninth4315JJninth
Circuit4316NNcircuit
for4317INfor
decades4318NNSdecade
have4319VHPhave
said4320VVNsay
Race4321NPRace
Horse4322NPHorse
is4323VBZbe
already4324RBalready
a4325DTa
dead4326JJdead
letter4327NNletter
.4328SENT.
[JUSTICE KAGAN]4329LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
Why4330WRBwhy
do4331VVPdo
you4332PPyou
think4333VVPthink
Race4334NPRace
Horse4335NPHorse
was4336VBDbe
n't4337RBn't
over4338RBover
...4339:...
overruled4340VVDoverrule
?4341SENT?
[MR. LIU]4342LOC[MR. LIU]
I4343PPI
think4344VVPthink
for4345INfor
the4346DTthe
simple4347JJsimple
reason4348NNreason
,4349,,
Justice4350NPJustice
Kagan4351NPKagan
,4352,,
that4353IN/thatthat
the4354DTthe
Race4355NPRace
Horse4356NPHorse
treaty4357NNtreaty
just4358RBjust
was4359VBDbe
n't4360RBn't
before4361INbefore
the4362DTthe
Court4363NPCourt
in4364INin
Mille4365NPMille
Lacs4366NPLacs
and4367NPand
...4368:...
[JUSTICE KAGAN]4369LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
Well4370UHWell
,4371,,
but4372CCbut
it4373PPit
does4374VVZdo
try4375VVtry
to4376TOto
distinguish4377VVdistinguish
it4378PPit
.4379SENT.
Now4380RBnow
I4381PPI
have4382VHPhave
to4383TOto
say4384VVsay
I4385PPI
've4386VHPhave
read4387VVNread
that4388DTthat
paragraph4389NNparagraph
three4390CDthree
times4391NNStime
,4392,,
and4393CCand
I4394PPI
still4395RBstill
really4396RBreally
have4397VHhave
no4398DTno
idea4399NNidea
what4400WPwhat
it4401PPit
's4402VBZbe
talking4403VVGtalk
about4404RBabout
.4405SENT.
[4406SYM[
LAUGHTER4407NNlaughter
]4408SYM]
[JUSTICE KAGAN]4409LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
But4410CCbut
it4411PPit
does4412VVZdo
try4413VVtry
to4414TOto
distinguish4415VVdistinguish
it4416PPit
.4417SENT.
It4418PPit
has4419VHZhave
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that4422IN/thatthat
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are4424VBPbe
two4425CDtwo
kinds4426NNSkind
of4427INof
rights4428NNSright
and4429CCand
...4430:...
and4431CCand
some4432DTsome
are4433VBPbe
...4434:...
two4435CDtwo
kinds4436NNSkind
of4437INof
termination4438NNtermination
points4439NNSpoint
for4440INfor
a4441DTa
treaty4442NNtreaty
,4443,,
and4444CCand
some4445DTsome
are4446VBPbe
clearly4447RBclearly
contemplated4448VVNcontemplate
and4449CCand
some4450DTsome
are4451VBPbe
n't4452RBn't
.4453SENT.
What4454WPWhat
it4455PPit
never4456RBnever
tells4457VVZtell
you4458PPyou
is4459VBZbe
how4460WRBhow
that4461DTthat
distinction4462NNdistinction
relates4463VVZrelate
at4464INat
all4465RBall
to4466TOto
the4467DTthe
statehood4468NNstatehood
question4469NNquestion
that4470WDTthat
's4471VBZbe
before4472INbefore
us4473PPus
and4474CCand
that4475DTthat
was4476VBDbe
before4477INbefore
Mille4478NPMille
Lacs4479NPLacs
.4480SENT.
But4481CCbut
...4482:...
but4483CCbut
it4484PPit
does4485VVZdo
...4486:...
there4487EXthere
's4488VBZbe
something4489NNsomething
in4490INin
its4491PP$its
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how4494WRBhow
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are4497VBPbe
different4498JJdifferent
and4499CCand
why4500WRBwhy
that4501DTthat
matters4502NNSmatter
.4503SENT.
And4504CCand
I4505PPI
guess4506VVPguess
I4507PPI
'm4508VBPbe
looking4509VVGlook
to4510TOto
you4511PPyou
to4512TOto
tell4513VVtell
me4514PPme
what4515WPwhat
I4516PPI
do4517VVPdo
n't4518RBn't
understand4519VVunderstand
about4520INabout
it4521PPit
.4522SENT.
[MR. LIU]4523LOC[MR. LIU]
I4524PPI
think4525VVPthink
you4526PPyou
're4527VBPbe
right4528RBright
,4529,,
Justice4530NPJustice
Kagan4531NPKagan
.4532SENT.
That4533DTthat
middle4534JJmiddle
sentence4535NNsentence
and4536CCand
,4537,,
I4538PPI
think4539VVPthink
,4540,,
the4541DTthe
paragraph4542NNparagraph
that4543WDTthat
...4544:...
that4545IN/thatthat
troubles4546NNStrouble
all4547RBall
of4548INof
us4549PPus
is4550VBZbe
a4551DTa
distinction4552NNdistinction
between4553INbetween
the4554DTthe
18684555CD@card@
treaty4556NNtreaty
that4557WDTthat
was4558VBDbe
at4559INat
issue4560NNissue
in4561INin
Race4562NPRace
Horse4563NPHorse
and4564CCand
the4565DTthe
...4566:...
and4567CCand
the4568DTthe
18374569CD@card@
treaty4570NNtreaty
that4571WDTthat
was4572VBDbe
at4573INat
issue4574NNissue
in4575INin
Mille4576NPMille
Lacs4577NPLacs
.4578SENT.
But4579CCbut
,4580,,
number4581NNnumber
one4582CDone
,4583,,
I4584PPI
...4585:...
I4586PPI
think4587VVPthink
it4588PPit
's4589VBZbe
important4590JJimportant
to4591TOto
read4592VVread
that4593DTthat
sentence4594NNsentence
within4595INwithin
the4596DTthe
context4597NNcontext
of4598INof
everything4599NNeverything
around4600INaround
it4601PPit
,4602,,
and4603CCand
I4604PPI
...4605:...
and4606CCand
I4607PPI
think4608VVPthink
everything4609NNeverything
around4610INaround
it4611PPit
makes4612VVZmake
clear4613JJclear
that4614IN/thatthat
the4615DTthe
reasoning4616NNreasoning
in4617INin
Race4618NPRace
Horse4619NPHorse
is4620VBZbe
no4621RBno
longer4622RBRlonger
good4623JJgood
.4624SENT.
Even4625RBeven
that4626DTthat
sentence4627NNsentence
itself4628PPitself
does4629VVZdo
n't4630RBn't
provide4631VVprovide
any4632DTany
affirmative4633JJaffirmative
reason4634NNreason
why4635WRBwhy
Race4636NPRace
Horse4637NPHorse
was4638VBDbe
correct4639JJcorrect
.4640SENT.
As4641INas
you4642PPyou
noted4643VVDnote
,4644,,
it4645PPit
's4646VBZbe
just4647RBjust
a4648DTa
...4649:...
a4650DTa
grounds4651NNSground
for4652INfor
distinguishing4653VVGdistinguish
Race4654NPRace
Horse4655NPHorse
.4656SENT.
So4657RBso
you4658PPyou
could4659MDcould
n't4660RBn't
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at4662INat
that4663DTthat
sentence4664NNsentence
and4665CCand
say4666VVPsay
Race4667NPRace
Horse4668NPHorse
actually4669RBactually
reached4670VVDreach
the4671DTthe
right4672JJright
result4673NNresult
.4674SENT.
In4675INin
fact4676NNfact
,4677,,
if4678INif
you4679PPyou
look4680VVPlook
at4681INat
the4682DTthe
terminating4683VVGterminate
events4684NNSevent
that4685IN/thatthat
those4686DTthose
two4687CDtwo
sentences4688NNSsentence
themselves4689PPthemselves
identify4690VVPidentify
as4691INas
terminating4692VVGterminate
events4693NNSevent
under4694INunder
the4695DTthe
treaty4696NNtreaty
in4697INin
Race4698NPRace
Horse4699NPHorse
,4700,,
statehood4701NNstatehood
is4702VBZbe
n't4703RBn't
one4704CDone
of4705INof
those4706DTthose
either4707RBeither
.4708SENT.
It4709PPit
focuses4710VVZfocus
on4711INon
the4712DTthe
text4713NNtext
.4714SENT.
It4715PPit
focuses4716VVZfocus
on4717RPon
...4718:...
on4719INon
whether4720INwhether
the4721DTthe
land4722NNland
is4723VBZbe
unoccupied4724JJunoccupied
and4725CCand
still4726RBstill
owned4727VVNown
by4728INby
the4729DTthe
United4730NPUnited
States4731NPSStates
.4732SENT.
That4733WDTthat
actually4734RBactually
flows4735VVZflow
nicely4736RBnicely
from4737INfrom
the4738DTthe
beginning4739NNbeginning
of4740INof
that4741DTthat
paragraph4742NNparagraph
,4743,,
which4744WDTwhich
says4745VVZsay
that4746IN/thatthat
the4747DTthe
inquiry4748NNinquiry
should4749MDshould
be4750VBbe
on4751INon
the4752DTthe
circumstances4753NNScircumstance
that4754IN/thatthat
the4755DTthe
treaty4756NNtreaty
itself4757PPitself
identifies4758VVZidentify
.4759SENT.
So4760RBso
I4761PPI
think4762VVPthink
,4763,,
read4764VVPread
as4765INas
a4766DTa
whole4767NNwhole
,4768,,
this4769DTthis
paragraph4770NNparagraph
is4771VBZbe
about4772RBabout
what4773WPwhat
the4774DTthe
proper4775JJproper
focus4776NNfocus
of4777INof
the4778DTthe
inquiry4779NNinquiry
should4780MDshould
be4781VBbe
.4782SENT.
[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]4783LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
Counsel4784NPCounsel
,4785,,
you4786PPyou
are4787VBPbe
...4788:...
for4789INfor
the4790DTthe
government4791NNgovernment
,4792,,
you4793PPyou
are4794VBPbe
walking4795VVGwalk
a4796DTa
really4797RBreally
thin4798JJthin
tightrope4799NNtightrope
here4800RBhere
.4801SENT.
You4802PPyou
're4803VBPbe
saying4804VVGsay
that4805IN/thatthat
in4806INin
terms4807NNSterm
of4808INof
whether4809INwhether
the4810DTthe
land4811NNland
is4812VBZbe
occupied4813VVNoccupy
,4814,,
it4815PPit
depends4816VVZdepend
on4817INon
the4818DTthe
real4819JJreal
question4820NNquestion
whether4821INwhether
there4822EXthere
are4823VBPbe
settlers4824NNSsettler
there4825RBthere
,4826,,
whether4827INwhether
there4828EXthere
are4829VBPbe
people4830NNSpeople
there4831RBthere
.4832SENT.
And4833CCand
yet4834RByet
you4835PPyou
say4836VVPsay
when4837WRBwhen
it4838PPit
comes4839VVZcome
to4840TOto
the4841DTthe
Bighorn4842NNbighorn
National4843NPNational
Forest4844NPForest
or4845CCor
park4846NNpark
,4847,,
you4848PPyou
say4849VVPsay
,4850,,
well4851RBwell
,4852,,
maybe4853RBmaybe
it4854PPit
's4855VBZbe
occupied4856JJoccupied
if4857INif
we4858PPwe
,4859,,
the4860DTthe
government4861NNgovernment
,4862,,
say4863VVPsay
we4864PPwe
do4865VVPdo
n't4866RBn't
want4867VVwant
people4868NNSpeople
coming4869VVGcome
on4870INon
here4871RBhere
.4872SENT.
It4873PPit
seems4874VVZseem
to4875TOto
me4876PPme
that4877IN/thatthat
the4878DTthe
test4879NNtest
has4880VHZhave
to4881TOto
be4882VBbe
the4883DTthe
same4884JJsame
for4885INfor
the4886DTthe
United4887NPUnited
States4888NPSStates
'4889POS'
property4890NNproperty
at4891INat
Bighorn4892NNSbighorn
and4893CCand
for4894INfor
the4895DTthe
other4896JJother
property4897NNproperty
in4898INin
Wyoming4899NPWyoming
.4900SENT.
[MR. LIU]4901LOC[MR. LIU]
I4902PPI
...4903:...
I4904PPI
think4905VVPthink
that4906WDTthat
's4907VBZbe
right4908JJright
,4909,,
Mr4910NPMr
.4911SENT.
Chief4912NPChief
Justice4913NPJustice
.4914SENT.
We4915PPwe
're4916VBPbe
not4917RBnot
asking4918VVGask
that4919IN/thatthat
a4920DTa
different4921JJdifferent
test4922NNtest
be4923VBbe
applied4924VVNapply
to4925TOto
the4926DTthe
federal4927JJfederal
government4928NNgovernment
.4929SENT.
Our4930PP$our
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land4934NNland
is4935VBZbe
occupied4936JJoccupied
is4937VBZbe
whether4938INwhether
that4939DTthat
land4940NNland
has4941VHZhave
been4942VBNbe
settled4943VVNsettle
.4944SENT.
Now4945RBnow
it4946PPit
can4947MDcan
be4948VBbe
settled4949VVNsettle
...4950:...
[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]4951LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
Has4952VHZhave
been4953VBNbe
settled4954VVNsettle
?4955SENT?
[MR. LIU]4956LOC[MR. LIU]
It4957PPit
can4958MDcan
be4959VBbe
settled4960VVNsettle
...4961:...
[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]4962LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
The4963DTthe
whole4964JJwhole
point4965NNpoint
of4966INof
Bighorn4967NNSbighorn
is4968VBZbe
that4969IN/thatthat
you4970PPyou
do4971VVPdo
n't4972RBn't
want4973VVwant
that4974DTthat
land4975NNland
settled4976VVDsettle
.4977SENT.
[MR. LIU]4978LOC[MR. LIU]
And4979CCand
...4980:...
and4981CCand
...4982:...
and4983CCand
that4984DTthat
...4985:...
that4986WDTthat
's4987VBZbe
true4988JJtrue
.4989SENT.
The4990DTthe
...4991:...
the4992DTthe
...4993:...
by4994INby
designating4995VVGdesignate
the4996DTthe
land4997NNland
as4998INas
a4999DTa
national5000JJnational
forest5001NNforest
,5002,,
the5003DTthe
federal5004JJfederal
government5005NNgovernment
has5006VHZhave
prevented5007VVNprevent
private5008JJprivate
settlement5009NNsettlement
.5010SENT.
What5011WPWhat
we5012PPwe
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saying5014VVGsay
is5015VBZbe
that5016IN/thatthat
there5017EXthere
are5018VBPbe
things5019NNSthing
the5020DTthe
federal5021JJfederal
government5022NNgovernment
can5023MDcan
do5024VVdo
,5025,,
just5026RBjust
like5027INlike
private5028JJprivate
settlers5029NNSsettler
can5030MDcan
do5031VVdo
,5032,,
that5033WDTthat
can5034MDcan
result5035VVresult
in5036INin
the5037DTthe
land5038NNland
being5039VBGbe
occupied5040VVNoccupy
.5041SENT.
We5042PPwe
too5043RBtoo
can5044MDcan
build5045VVbuild
buildings5046NNSbuilding
,5047,,
roads5048NNSroad
,5049,,
campsites5050NNScampsite
,5051,,
recreation5052NNrecreation
areas5053NNSarea
.5054SENT.
[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]5055LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
Well5056UHWell
,5057,,
how5058WRBhow
much5059RBmuch
is5060VBZbe
enough5061JJenough
?5062SENT?
I5063PPI
mean5064VVPmean
,5065,,
if5066INif
you5067PPyou
have5068VHPhave
the5069DTthe
little5070JJlittle
...5071:...
you5072PPyou
know5073VVPknow
,5074,,
a5075DTa
little5076JJlittle
shed5077NNshed
for5078INfor
the5079DTthe
ranger5080NNranger
,5081,,
does5082VVZdo
that5083RBthat
allow5084VVallow
you5085PPyou
to5086TOto
say5087VVsay
,5088,,
well5089RBwell
,5090,,
these5091DTthese
,5092,,
you5093PPyou
know5094VVPknow
,5095,,
100,0005096CD@card@
acres5097NNSacre
are5098VBPbe
occupied5099VVNoccupy
?5100SENT?
[MR. LIU]5101LOC[MR. LIU]
No5102NPNo
,5103,,
we5104PPwe
would5105MDwould
n't5106RBn't
...5107:...
we5108PPwe
would5109MDwould
n't5110RBn't
say5111VVsay
that5112DTthat
...5113:...
that5114IN/thatthat
putting5115VVGput
a5116DTa
shed5117NNshed
in5118INin
one5119CDone
place5120NNplace
occupies5121VVZoccupy
that5122IN/thatthat
much5123JJmuch
land5124NNland
.5125SENT.
I5126PPI
think5127VVPthink
a5128DTa
...5129:...
a5130DTa
good5131JJgood
piece5132NNpiece
of5133INof
guidance5134NNguidance
is5135VBZbe
our5136PP$our
regulation5137NNregulation
,5138,,
which5139WDTwhich
we5140PPwe
cite5141VVPcite
in5142INin
our5143PP$our
brief5144NNbrief
,5145,,
which5146WDTwhich
prohibits5147VVZprohibit
discharge5148NNdischarge
of5149INof
a5150DTa
firearm5151NNfirearm
within5152INwithin
1505153CD@card@
yards5154NNSyard
of5155INof
a5156DTa
building5157NNbuilding
or5158CCor
a5159DTa
home5160NNhome
.5161SENT.
And5162CCand
so5163INso
we5164PPwe
...5165:...
we5166PPwe
would5167MDwould
consider5168VVconsider
the5169DTthe
area5170NNarea
...5171:...
[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]5172LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
So5173INso
you5174PPyou
occupy5175VVPoccupy
the5176DTthe
land5177NNland
if5178INif
nobody5179NNnobody
can5180MDcan
fire5181VVfire
a5182DTa
gun5183NNgun
in5184INin
it5185PPit
?5186SENT?
[MR. LIU]5187LOC[MR. LIU]
No5188NPNo
,5189,,
it5190PPit
's5191VBZbe
...5192:...
it5193PPit
's5194VBZbe
1505195CD@card@
yards5196NNSyard
around5197INaround
a5198DTa
...5199:...
a5200DTa
campsite5201NNcampsite
,5202,,
a5203DTa
building5204NNbuilding
,5205,,
a5206DTa
residence5207NNresidence
,5208,,
or5209CCor
other5210JJother
occupied5211JJoccupied
area5212NNarea
.5213SENT.
So5214RBso
we5215PPwe
would5216MDwould
...5217:...
we5218PPwe
would5219MDwould
take5220VVtake
the5221DTthe
...5222:...
the5223DTthe
development5224NNdevelopment
of5225INof
the5226DTthe
land5227NNland
as5228INas
sort5229NNsort
of5230INof
the5231DTthe
anchor5232NNanchor
point5233NNpoint
and5234CCand
then5235RBthen
look5236VVlook
around5237RBaround
1505238CD@card@
yards5239NNSyard
,5240,,
and5241CCand
that5242WDTthat
would5243MDwould
be5244VBbe
the5245DTthe
land5246NNland
...5247:...
[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]5248LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
Just5249RBjust
so5250RBso
I5251PPI
understand5252VVPunderstand
,5253,,
so5254RBso
at5255INat
1515256CD@card@
yards5257NNSyard
,5258,,
Mr5259NPMr
.5260SENT.
Herrera5261NPHerrera
could5262MDcould
take5263VVtake
an5264DTan
elk5265NNelk
?5266SENT?
[MR. LIU]5267LOC[MR. LIU]
At5268INat
a5269DTa
hundred5270CDhundred
and5271CCand
...5272:...
correct5273VVcorrect
.5274SENT.
I5275PPI
mean5276VVPmean
,5277,,
there5278EXthere
has5279VHZhave
to5280TOto
be5281VBbe
some5282DTsome
line5283NNline
that5284IN/thatthat
we5285PPwe
draw5286VVPdraw
between5287INbetween
land5288NNland
that5289WDTthat
's5290VBZbe
occupied5291JJoccupied
and5292CCand
unoccupied5293JJunoccupied
.5294SENT.
I5295PPI
...5296:...
I5297PPI
think5298VVPthink
there5299EXthere
is5300VBZbe
some5301DTsome
burden5302NNburden
on5303INon
the5304DTthe
hunter5305NNhunter
to5306TOto
know5307VVknow
where5308WRBwhere
he5309PPhe
or5310CCor
she5311PPshe
can5312MDcan
hunt5313VVhunt
.5314SENT.
And5315CCand
I5316PPI
think5317VVPthink
seeing5318VVGsee
a5319DTa
building5320NNbuilding
1505321CD@card@
yards5322NNSyard
away5323RBaway
is5324VBZbe
not5325RBnot
too5326RBtoo
much5327JJmuch
to5328TOto
ask5329VVask
.5330SENT.
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]5331LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
Counsel5332NPCounsel
,5333,,
along5334INalong
those5335DTthose
lines5336NNSline
,5337,,
you5338PPyou
asked5339VVDask
for5340INfor
remand5341NNremand
for5342INfor
an5343DTan
evidentiary5344JJevidentiary
exploration5345NNexploration
of5346INof
whether5347INwhether
the5348DTthe
land5349NNland
here5350RBhere
was5351VBDbe
occupied5352VVNoccupy
.5353SENT.
At5354INat
the5355DTthe
same5356JJsame
time5357NNtime
,5358,,
though5359RBthough
,5360,,
you5361PPyou
...5362:...
you5363PPyou
point5364VVPpoint
out5365RPout
that5366IN/thatthat
the5367DTthe
district5368NNdistrict
court5369NNcourt
did5370VVDdo
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as5376INas
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basis5378NNbasis
for5379INfor
its5380PP$its
relying5381VVGrely
on5382INon
the5383DTthe
Tenth5384JJtenth
Circuit5385NNcircuit
opinion5386NNopinion
.5387SENT.
[MR. LIU]5388LOC[MR. LIU]
Right5389NPRight
.5390SENT.
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]5391LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
Seems5392VVZseem
there5393EXthere
's5394VBZbe
some5395DTsome
tension5396NNtension
there5397RBthere
to5398TOto
me5399PPme
.5400SENT.
Maybe5401RBmaybe
not5402RBnot
.5403SENT.
Maybe5404RBmaybe
you5405PPyou
can5406MDcan
help5407VVhelp
me5408PPme
out5409RPout
why5410WRBwhy
there5411EXthere
is5412VBZbe
n't5413RBn't
.5414SENT.
Why5415WRBwhy
should5416MDshould
we5417PPwe
allow5418VVallow
a5419DTa
remand5420NNremand
for5421INfor
that5422DTthat
?5423SENT?
You5424PPyou
know5425VVPknow
,5426,,
it5427PPit
's5428VBZbe
a5429DTa
new5430JJnew
argument5431NNargument
raised5432VVNraise
in5433INin
this5434DTthis
Court5435NPCourt
for5436INfor
the5437DTthe
first5438JJfirst
time5439NNtime
.5440SENT.
Why5441WRBwhy
should5442MDshould
we5443PPwe
address5444VVaddress
it5445PPit
at5446INat
all5447DTall
?5448SENT?
[MR. LIU]5449LOC[MR. LIU]
I5450PPI
...5451:...
I5452PPI
...5453:...
I5454PPI
think5455VVPthink
...5456:...
I5457PPI
think5458VVPthink
the5459DTthe
district5460NNdistrict
court5461NNcourt
...5462:...
I5463PPI
think5464VVPthink
the5465DTthe
state5466NNstate
trial5467NNtrial
court5468NNcourt
in5469INin
this5470DTthis
case5471NNcase
,5472,,
to5473TOto
be5474VBbe
more5475RBRmore
precise5476JJprecise
,5477,,
did5478VVDdo
...5479:...
was5480VBDbe
open5481JJopen
to5482TOto
having5483VHGhave
an5484DTan
evidentiary5485JJevidentiary
hearing5486NNhearing
from5487INfrom
the5488DTthe
get-go5489NNget-go
,5490,,
and5491CCand
it5492PPit
was5493VBDbe
only5494RBonly
after5495INafter
the5496DTthe
state5497NNstate
trial5498NNtrial
court5499NNcourt
determined5500VVDdetermine
that5501IN/thatthat
the5502DTthe
issue5503NNissue
could5504MDcould
be5505VBbe
resolved5506VVNresolve
as5507INas
a5508DTa
matter5509NNmatter
of5510INof
law5511NNlaw
that5512IN/thatthat
that5513DTthat
evidentiary5514JJevidentiary
hearing5515NNhearing
was5516VBDbe
canceled5517VVNcancel
.5518SENT.
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]5519LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
So5520RBso
,5521,,
fine5522NNfine
,5523,,
we5524PPwe
...5525:...
we5526PPwe
could5527MDcould
remand5528VVremand
it5529PPit
back5530RBback
,5531,,
but5532CCbut
do5533VVPdo
we5534PPwe
need5535VVPneed
to5536TOto
say5537VVsay
anything5538NNanything
about5539INabout
this5540DTthis
at5541INat
all5542DTall
?5543SENT?
[MR. LIU]5544LOC[MR. LIU]
Oh5545NPOh
,5546,,
not5547RBnot
at5548INat
all5549DTall
.5550SENT.
I5551PPI
...5552:...
I5553PPI
think5554VVPthink
the5555DTthe
government5556NNgovernment
was5557VBDbe
...5558:...
was5559VBDbe
...5560:...
was5561VBDbe
trying5562VVGtry
to5563TOto
be5564VBbe
helpful5565JJhelpful
in5566INin
trying5567VVGtry
to5568TOto
formulate5569VVformulate
some5570DTsome
sort5571NNsort
of5572INof
test5573NNtest
and5574CCand
flesh5575NNflesh
that5576IN/thatthat
out5577RBout
.5578SENT.
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]5579LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
All5580DTall
right5581NNright
.5582SENT.
I5583PPI
've5584VHPhave
got5585VVNget
one5586CDone
more5587JJRmore
question5588NNquestion
for5589INfor
you5590PPyou
then5591RBthen
.5592SENT.
That5593DTthat
helps5594VVZhelp
.5595SENT.
[MR. LIU]5596LOC[MR. LIU]
Sure5597NPSure
.5598SENT.
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]5599LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
The5600DTthe
government5601NNgovernment
says5602VVZsay
that5603IN/thatthat
the5604DTthe
state5605NNstate
retains5606VVZretain
some5607DTsome
conservation5608NNconservation
easement5609NNeasement
here5610RBhere
.5611SENT.
[MR. LIU]5612LOC[MR. LIU]
Right5613NPRight
.5614SENT.
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]5615LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
That5616DTthat
...5617:...
I5618PPI
do5619VVPdo
n't5620RBn't
know5621VVknow
where5622WRBwhere
it5623PPit
comes5624VVZcome
from5625INfrom
,5626,,
but5627CCbut
you5628PPyou
...5629:...
you5630PPyou
tell5631VVPtell
us5632PPus
that5633IN/thatthat
such5634PDTsuch
a5635DTa
thing5636NNthing
exists5637VVZexist
.5638SENT.
At5639INat
the5640DTthe
same5641JJsame
time5642NNtime
,5643,,
though5644RBthough
,5645,,
the5646DTthe
treaty5647NNtreaty
says5648VVZsay
that5649DTthat
...5650:...
that5651IN/thatthat
the5652DTthe
tribe5653NNtribe
is5654VBZbe
allowed5655VVNallow
to5656TOto
hunt5657VVhunt
on5658INon
the5659DTthe
land5660NNland
until5661INuntil
the5662DTthe
game5663NNgame
are5664VBPbe
gone5665VVNgo
...5666:...
[MR. LIU]5667LOC[MR. LIU]
Right5668RBright
.5669SENT.
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]5670LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
...5671:...
which5672WDTwhich
seems5673VVZseem
to5674TOto
suggest5675VVsuggest
that5676IN/thatthat
the5677DTthe
white5678JJwhite
man5679NNman
can5680MDcan
eliminate5681VVeliminate
all5682PDTall
the5683DTthe
game5684NNgame
.5685SENT.
But5686CCbut
now5687RBnow
you5688PPyou
say5689VVPsay
the5690DTthe
Indian5691JJIndian
cannot5692MDcan
.5693SENT.
How5694WRBHow
can5695MDcan
that5696RBthat
be5697VBbe
?5698SENT?
[MR. LIU]5699LOC[MR. LIU]
I5700PPI
...5701:...
I5702PPI
think5703VVPthink
it5704PPit
goes5705VVZgo
back5706RBback
to5707TOto
the5708DTthe
basis5709NNbasis
of5710INof
the5711DTthe
conservation5712NNconservation
necessity5713NNnecessity
doctrine5714NNdoctrine
.5715SENT.
It5716PPit
is5717VBZbe
a5718DTa
gloss5719NNgloss
on5720INon
treaty5721NNtreaty
language5722NNlanguage
that5723WDTthat
does5724VVZdo
not5725RBnot
confer5726VVconfer
the5727DTthe
exclusive5728JJexclusive
right5729NNright
to5730TOto
hunt5731VVhunt
on5732INon
the5733DTthe
Indians5734NPSIndians
.5735SENT.
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]5736LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
I5737PPI
do5738VVPdo
n't5739RBn't
understand5740VVunderstand
that5741IN/thatthat
,5742,,
if5743INif
the5744DTthe
treaty5745NNtreaty
were5746VBDbe
silent5747JJsilent
about5748INabout
the5749DTthe
game5750NNgame
.5751SENT.
[MR. LIU]5752LOC[MR. LIU]
Yeah5753NPYeah
.5754SENT.
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]5755LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
But5756CCbut
the5757DTthe
treaty5758NNtreaty
is5759VBZbe
express5760JJexpress
,5761,,
and5762CCand
it5763PPit
contemplates5764VVZcontemplate
no5765DTno
conservation5766NNconservation
.5767SENT.
It5768PPit
contemplates5769VVZcontemplate
the5770DTthe
complete5771JJcomplete
elimination5772NNelimination
of5773INof
the5774DTthe
game5775NNgame
by5776INby
the5777DTthe
white5778JJwhite
man5779NNman
.5780SENT.
[MR. LIU]5781LOC[MR. LIU]
Yeah5782NPYeah
.5783SENT.
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]5784LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
So5785RBso
,5786,,
if5787INif
the5788DTthe
white5789JJwhite
man5790NNman
gets5791VVZget
to5792TOto
eliminate5793VVeliminate
the5794DTthe
game5795NNgame
,5796,,
again5797RBagain
,5798,,
counsel5799NNcounsel
for5800INfor
the5801DTthe
government5802NNgovernment
,5803,,
how5804WRBhow
come5805VVPcome
the5806DTthe
Indian5807NPIndian
may5808MDmay
not5809RBnot
?5810SENT?
[MR. LIU]5811LOC[MR. LIU]
I5812PPI
...5813:...
I5814PPI
think5815VVPthink
it5816PPit
just5817RBjust
goes5818VVZgo
back5819RBback
to5820TOto
the5821DTthe
fact5822NNfact
that5823IN/thatthat
these5824DTthese
treaties5825NNStreaty
are5826VBPbe
...5827:...
are5828VBPbe
more5829JJRmore
or5830CCor
less5831RBRless
written5832VVNwrite
against5833INagainst
the5834DTthe
backdrop5835NNbackdrop
of5836INof
states5837NNSstate
being5838VBGbe
able5839JJable
to5840TOto
exercise5841VVexercise
some5842DTsome
conservation5843NNconservation
authority5844NNauthority
because5845INbecause
the5846DTthe
right5847NNright
is5848VBZbe
not5849RBnot
exclusive5850JJexclusive
.5851SENT.
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]5852LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
I5853PPI
'm5854VBPbe
sorry5855JJsorry
.5856SENT.
For5857INfor
...5858:...
[MR. LIU]5859LOC[MR. LIU]
But5860CCbut
that5861IN/thatthat
issue5862NNissue
has5863VHZhave
n't5864RBn't
been5865VBNbe
raised5866VVNraise
,5867,,
and5868CCand
it5869PPit
could5870MDcould
be5871VBbe
addressed5872VVNaddress
on5873INon
remand5874NNremand
.5875SENT.
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]5876LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
We5877PPwe
do5878VVPdo
n't5879RBn't
need5880VVneed
to5881TOto
address5882VVaddress
that5883DTthat
.5884SENT.
[MR. LIU]5885LOC[MR. LIU]
You5886PPyou
do5887VVPdo
n't5888RBn't
need5889VVneed
to5890TOto
address5891VVaddress
it5892PPit
.5893SENT.
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]5894LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
This5895DTthis
killing5896NNkilling
was5897VBDbe
on5898INon
...5899:...
[JUSTICE ALITO]5900LOC[JUSTICE ALITO]
When5901WRBwhen
you5902PPyou
say5903VVPsay
that5904DTthat
...5905:...
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]5906LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
...5907:...
this5908DTthis
killing5909NNkilling
was5910VBDbe
on5911INon
federal5912JJfederal
land5913NNland
,5914,,
correct5915JJcorrect
?5916SENT?
[MR. LIU]5917LOC[MR. LIU]
Correct5918JJcorrect
.5919SENT.
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]5920LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
In5921INin
all5922DTall
state5923NNstate
...5924:...
in5925INin
all5926DTall
federal5927JJfederal
parks5928NNSpark
,5929,,
state5930NNstate
regulations5931NNSregulation
apply5932VVPapply
?5933SENT?
[MR. LIU]5934LOC[MR. LIU]
It5935PPit
depends5936VVZdepend
on5937INon
the5938DTthe
type5939NNtype
of5940INof
federal5941JJfederal
land5942NNland
.5943SENT.
So5944RBso
,5945,,
here5946RBhere
,5947,,
we5948PPwe
're5949VBPbe
talking5950VVGtalk
about5951INabout
a5952DTa
national5953JJnational
forest5954NNforest
land5955NNland
.5956SENT.
And5957CCand
,5958,,
by5959INby
statute5960NNstatute
,5961,,
the5962DTthe
state5963NNstate
returns5964NNSreturn
...5965:...
retains5966VVZretain
jurisdiction5967NNjurisdiction
over5968INover
persons5969NNSperson
in5970INin
this5971DTthis
particular5972JJparticular
national5973JJnational
forest5974NNforest
.5975SENT.
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]5976LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
Okay5977NPOkay
.5978SENT.
I5979PPI
just5980RBjust
was5981VBDbe
n't5982RBn't
aware5983JJaware
of5984INof
that5985DTthat
.5986SENT.
[MR. LIU]5987LOC[MR. LIU]
It5988PPit
's5989VBZbe
a5990DTa
forest-by-forest5991NNforest-by-forest
and5992CCand
land-by-land5993NNland-by-land
determination5994NNdetermination
.5995SENT.
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]5996LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
All5997DTall
right5998NNright
.5999SENT.
[JUSTICE ALITO]6000LOC[JUSTICE ALITO]
When6001WRBwhen
you6002PPyou
say6003VVPsay
we6004PPwe
do6005VVPdo
n't6006RBn't
have6007VHhave
to6008TOto
deal6009VVdeal
with6010INwith
the6011DTthe
issue6012NNissue
of6013INof
whether6014INwhether
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's6016VBZbe
occupied6017JJoccupied
,6018,,
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you6020PPyou
talking6021VVGtalk
about6022INabout
the6023DTthe
issue6024NNissue
preclusion6025NNpreclusion
issue6026NNissue
?6027SENT?
[MR. LIU]6028LOC[MR. LIU]
No6029NPNo
.6030SENT.
I6031PPI
...6032:...
I6033PPI
think6034VVPthink
the6035DTthe
way6036NNway
to6037TOto
deal6038VVdeal
with6039INwith
the6040DTthe
issue6041NNissue
preclusion6042NNpreclusion
issue6043NNissue
,6044,,
Your6045PP$your
Honor6046NPHonor
,6047,,
is6048VBZbe
...6049:...
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to6051TOto
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that6054DTthat
issue6055NNissue
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raised6059VVNraise
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,6064,,
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or6071CCor
that6072IN/thatthat
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be6075VBbe
pursued6076VVNpursue
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.6079SENT.
The6080DTthe
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...6084:...
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address6091VVaddress
the6092DTthe
actual6093JJactual
merits6094NNSmerit
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these6096DTthese
various6097JJvarious
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.6101SENT.
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difficult6108JJdifficult
and6109CCand
the6110DTthe
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inserted6124VVNinsert
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the6126DTthe
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by6128INby
the6129DTthe
Tenth6130JJtenth
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Repsis6133NPRepsis
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so6136RBso
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the6144DTthe
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.6149SENT.
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.6160SENT.
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...6163:...
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into6171INinto
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.6176SENT.
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raised6184VVNraise
or6185CCor
...6186:...
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I6191PPI
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place6195NNplace
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look6197VVlook
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...6201:...
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supplemental6209JJsupplemental
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addressing6211VVGaddress
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issue6213NNissue
preclusion6214NNpreclusion
in6215INin
...6216:...
in6217INin
the6218DTthe
courts6219NNScourt
below6220RBbelow
.6221SENT.
[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]6222LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
Thank6223VVthank
you6224PPyou
,6225,,
counsel6226NNcounsel
.6227SENT.
26228CD2
Mr6229NPMr
.6230SENT.
Knepper6231NPKnepper
.6232SENT.
[MR. KNEPPER]6233LOC[MR. KNEPPER]
Mr6234NPMr
.6235SENT.
Chief6236NPChief
Justice6237NPJustice
,6238,,
and6239CCand
may6240MDmay
it6241PPit
please6242VVplease
the6243DTthe
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:6245::
Mr6246NPMr
.6247SENT.
Herrera6248NPHerrera
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identical6252JJidentical
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those6254DTthose
presented6255VVNpresent
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case6267NNcase
Crow6268NPCrow
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v6270NNv
.6271SENT.
Repsis6272NNRepsis
.6273SENT.
Nothing6274NNnothing
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Repsis6276NPRepsis
,6277,,
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the6279DTthe
decision6280NNdecision
by6281INby
this6282DTthis
Court6283NPCourt
in6284INin
Mille6285NPMille
Lacs6286NPLacs
,6287,,
merits6288VVZmerit
a6289DTa
...6290:...
an6291DTan
exception6292NNexception
to6293TOto
this6294DTthis
Court6295NPCourt
's6296POS's
repeated6297JJrepeated
command6298NNcommand
that6299IN/thatthat
,6300,,
once6301INonce
the6302DTthe
appeals6303NNSappeal
are6304VBPbe
over6305RBover
,6306,,
a6307DTa
final6308JJfinal
judgment6309NNjudgment
binds6310VVZbind
the6311DTthe
parties6312NNSparty
and6313CCand
they6314PPthey
may6315MDmay
not6316RBnot
renew6317VVrenew
the6318DTthe
same6319JJsame
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another6322DTanother
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.6324SENT.
Repsis6325NPRepsis
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expired6333VVNexpire
,6334,,
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this6336DTthis
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should6338MDshould
not6339RBnot
on6340INon
collateral6341NNcollateral
review6342NNreview
allow6343VVallow
it6344PPit
to6345TOto
spring6346VVspring
back6347RBback
,6348,,
especially6349RBespecially
as6350RBas
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[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]7520LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
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says7529VVZsay
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[JUSTICE BREYER]7717LOC[JUSTICE BREYER]
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mean7779VVPmean
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says7794VVZsay
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[MR. KNEPPER]7840LOC[MR. KNEPPER]
Your7841PP$your
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[JUSTICE BREYER]7844LOC[JUSTICE BREYER]
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[MR. KNEPPER]7861LOC[MR. KNEPPER]
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and7898CCand
...7899:...
and7900CCand
I7901PPI
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[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]8046LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
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then8094RBthen
?8095SENT?
[MR. KNEPPER]8096LOC[MR. KNEPPER]
Your8097PP$your
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I8100PPI
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[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]8105LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
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Well8113UHWell
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I8344PPI
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[MR. KNEPPER]8475LOC[MR. KNEPPER]
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[JUSTICE GORSUCH]8967LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
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[MR. KNEPPER]8975LOC[MR. KNEPPER]
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[JUSTICE GORSUCH]8978LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
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[MR. KNEPPER]9898LOC[MR. KNEPPER]
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[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]10117LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
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[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]10166LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
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...10181:...
[MR. KNEPPER]10182LOC[MR. KNEPPER]
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[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]10185LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
...10186:...
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that10189WDTthat
gives10190VVZgive
you10191PPyou
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[MR. KNEPPER]10193LOC[MR. KNEPPER]
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statehood10255NNstatehood
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[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]10257LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
Who10258WPwho
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whose10261WP$whose
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?10263SENT?
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tell10266VVtell
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history10270NNhistory
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[MR. KNEPPER]10272LOC[MR. KNEPPER]
Non10273JJNon
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[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]10278LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
All10279DTall
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[MR. KNEPPER]10296LOC[MR. KNEPPER]
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[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]10340LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
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[MR. KNEPPER]10348LOC[MR. KNEPPER]
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[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]10353LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
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[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]10450LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
Can10451MDcan
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forever10510RBforever
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existing10514VVGexist
forever10515RBforever
?10516SENT?
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law10525NNlaw
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,10527,,
is10528VBZbe
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retains10532VVZretain
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the10538DTthe
interest10539NNinterest
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conservation10541NNconservation
.10542SENT.
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is10544VBZbe
n't10545RBn't
that10546DTthat
good10547JJgood
...10548:...
good10549JJgood
enough10550NNenough
?10551SENT?
[MR. KNEPPER]10552LOC[MR. KNEPPER]
Your10553PP$your
Honor10554NPHonor
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conservation10556NNconservation
necessity10557NNnecessity
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not10559RBnot
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do10658VVdo
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[JUSTICE GORSUCH]10661LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
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I10666PPI
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[MR. KNEPPER]10767LOC[MR. KNEPPER]
Your10768PP$your
Honor10769NPHonor
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leaving10771VVGleave
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state10816NNstate
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really10820RBreally
...10821:...
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]10822LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
Well10823UHWell
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case10835NNcase
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anything10867NNanything
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us10869PPus
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right10871RBright
?10872SENT?
[MR. KNEPPER]10873LOC[MR. KNEPPER]
Well10874UHWell
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act10888VVact
.10889SENT.
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]10890LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
Right10891RBright
.10892SENT.
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okay10895JJokay
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so10897RBso
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can10899MDcan
put10900VVput
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...10913:...
in10914INin
response10915NNresponse
to10916TOto
Justice10917NPJustice
Kavanaugh10918NPKavanaugh
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question10920NNquestion
?10921SENT?
[MR. KNEPPER]10922LOC[MR. KNEPPER]
The10923DTthe
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the10926DTthe
current10927JJcurrent
vision10928NNvision
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conservation10930NNconservation
necessity10931NNnecessity
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admittedly10936RBadmittedly
been10937VBNbe
decided10938VVNdecide
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any10943DTany
time10944NNtime
...10945:...
any10946DTany
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traditional10973JJtraditional
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the10982DTthe
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a11024DTa
...11025:...
[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]11026LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
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it11029PPit
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issue11033NNissue
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or11038CCor
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you11051PPyou
can11052MDcan
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the11055DTthe
conservation11056NNconservation
interest11057NNinterest
?11058SENT?
[MR. KNEPPER]11059LOC[MR. KNEPPER]
Your11060PP$your
Honor11061NPHonor
,11062,,
there11063EXthere
are11064VBPbe
significant11065JJsignificant
gaps11066NNSgap
.11067SENT.
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two11069CDtwo
...11070:...
[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]11071LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
Okay11072NPOkay
.11073SENT.
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...11075:...
what11076WPwhat
...11077:...
give11078VVgive
me11079PPme
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examples11081NNSexample
so11082INso
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can11084MDcan
understand11085VVunderstand
the11086DTthe
practical11087JJpractical
consequences11088NNSconsequence
.11089SENT.
[MR. KNEPPER]11090LOC[MR. KNEPPER]
The11091DTthe
most11092RBSmost
important11093JJimportant
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Honor11096NPHonor
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is11098VBZbe
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.11108SENT.
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no11146DTno
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...11177:...
and11178CCand
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that11211WDTthat
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...11213:...
that11214WDTthat
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...11216:...
that11217WDTthat
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the11245DTthe
day11246NNday
.11247SENT.
There11248EXthere
are11249VBPbe
requirements11250NNSrequirement
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you11256PPyou
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clearly11263RBclearly
visible11264JJvisible
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...11273:...
as11274RBas
well11275RBwell
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third-parties11278NNSthird-parties
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Beyond11280NPBeyond
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beyond11282INbeyond
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the11285DTthe
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embodied11293VVNembody
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conservation11295NNconservation
necessity11296NNnecessity
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there11298EXthere
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disease11300NNdisease
management11301NNmanagement
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an11312DTan
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a11322DTa
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will11333MDwill
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human11366JJhuman
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are11371VBPbe
...11372:...
are11373VBPbe
present11374JJpresent
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...11379:...
[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]11380LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
But11381CCbut
is11382VBZbe
n't11383RBn't
that11384IN/thatthat
covered11385VVNcover
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conservation11387NNconservation
?11388SENT?
[MR. KNEPPER]11389LOC[MR. KNEPPER]
Your11390PP$your
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...11415:...
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...11425:...
[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]11426LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
Doesn't11427NPDoesn't
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does11429VVZdo
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that11434DTthat
?11435SENT?
[MR. KNEPPER]11436LOC[MR. KNEPPER]
In11437INin
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cattle11476NNScattle
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cannot11478MDcan
.11479SENT.
[JUSTICE BREYER]11480LOC[JUSTICE BREYER]
Well11481UHWell
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foreclosed11501VVNforeclose
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safety11509NNsafety
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environment11511NNenvironment
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any11519DTany
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different11525JJdifferent
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[MR. KNEPPER]11528LOC[MR. KNEPPER]
Your11529PP$your
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[JUSTICE BREYER]11554LOC[JUSTICE BREYER]
It11555PPit
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what11570WPwhat
I11571PPI
've11572VHPhave
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at11575INat
.11576SENT.
[MR. KNEPPER]11577LOC[MR. KNEPPER]
You11578PPyou
know11579VVPknow
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from11581INfrom
...11582:...
from11583INfrom
the11584DTthe
State11585NPState
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perspective11587NNperspective
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what11589WPwhat
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what11592WPwhat
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sort11622NNsort
of11623INof
the11624DTthe
approach11625NNapproach
that11626IN/thatthat
it11627PPit
would11628MDwould
take11629VVtake
to11630TOto
conservation11631NNconservation
necessity11632NNnecessity
,11633,,
which11634WDTwhich
suggests11635VVZsuggest
,11636,,
for11637INfor
example11638NNexample
,11639,,
that11640WDTthat
...11641:...
that11642IN/thatthat
different11643JJdifferent
levels11644NNSlevel
of11645INof
mule11646NNmule
deer11647NNdeer
population11648NNpopulation
or11649CCor
elk11650NNelk
population11651NNpopulation
on11652INon
a11653DTa
year-by-year11654NNyear-by-year
basis11655NNbasis
would11656MDwould
affect11657VVaffect
the11658DTthe
interests11659NNSinterest
of11660INof
the11661DTthe
state11662NNstate
in11663INin
conservation11664NNconservation
.11665SENT.
[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]11666LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
But11667CCbut
,11668,,
if11669INif
safety11670NNsafety
were11671VBDbe
added11672VVNadd
,11673,,
as11674INas
Justice11675NPJustice
Breyer11676NPBreyer
said11677VVDsay
,11678,,
that11679WDTthat
solves11680VVZsolve
the11681DTthe
primary11682JJprimary
problem11683NNproblem
you11684PPyou
identified11685VVDidentify
,11686,,
right11687RBright
?11688SENT?
[MR. KNEPPER]11689LOC[MR. KNEPPER]
It11690PPit
...11691:...
it11692PPit
certainly11693RBcertainly
solves11694VVZsolve
...11695:...
solves11696VVZsolve
at11697INat
least11698JJSleast
one11699CDone
of11700INof
them11701PPthem
.11702SENT.
There11703EXthere
are11704VBPbe
...11705:...
you11706PPyou
know11707VVPknow
,11708,,
there11709EXthere
are11710VBPbe
other11711JJother
questions11712NNSquestion
.11713SENT.
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]11714LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
We11715PPwe
're11716VBPbe
forgetting11717VVGforget
the11718DTthe
other11719JJother
side11720NNside
in11721INin
this11722DTthis
discussion11723NNdiscussion
,11724,,
because11725INbecause
the11726DTthe
tribe11727NNtribe
has11728VHZhave
a11729DTa
subsistence11730NNsubsistence
right11731NNright
.11732SENT.
I11733PPI
know11734VVPknow
under11735INunder
the11736DTthe
facts11737NNSfact
of11738INof
this11739DTthis
case11740NNcase
you11741PPyou
're11742VBPbe
claiming11743VVGclaim
the11744DTthe
killings11745NNSkilling
were11746VBDbe
not11747RBnot
for11748INfor
subsistence11749NNsubsistence
,11750,,
an11751DTan
open11752JJopen
question11753NNquestion
,11754,,
I11755PPI
'm11756VBPbe
not11757RBnot
taking11758VVGtake
a11759DTa
side11760NNside
on11761INon
that11762DTthat
.11763SENT.
But11764CCbut
assuming11765VVGassume
that11766IN/thatthat
the11767DTthe
treaty11768NNtreaty
right11769NNright
was11770VBDbe
given11771VVNgive
to11772TOto
...11773:...
to11774TOto
protect11775VVprotect
the11776DTthe
Indian11777JJIndian
subsistence11778NNsubsistence
rights11779NNSright
and11780CCand
that11781IN/thatthat
their11782PP$their
claim11783NNclaim
,11784,,
taking11785VVGtake
it11786PPit
at11787INat
face11788NNface
value11789NNvalue
,11790,,
is11791VBZbe
accurate11792JJaccurate
,11793,,
that11794IN/thatthat
they11795PPthey
were11796VBDbe
on11797INon
hard11798JJhard
times11799NNStime
and11800CCand
needed11801VVNneed
food11802NNfood
to11803TOto
feed11804VVfeed
their11805PP$their
families11806NNSfamily
,11807,,
that11808DTthat
balance11809NNbalance
is11810VBZbe
not11811RBnot
yours11812PP$yours
alone11813RBalone
to11814TOto
make11815VVmake
.11816SENT.
It11817PPit
belongs11818VVZbelong
to11819TOto
the11820DTthe
government11821NNgovernment
and11822CCand
it11823PPit
belongs11824VVZbelong
to11825TOto
the11826DTthe
Indian11827JJIndian
tribes11828NNStribe
as11829INas
well11830RBwell
.11831SENT.
[MR. KNEPPER]11832LOC[MR. KNEPPER]
Your11833PP$your
Honor11834NPHonor
,11835,,
that11836WDTthat
's11837VBZbe
why11838WRBwhy
the11839DTthe
State11840NPState
has11841VHZhave
been11842VBNbe
so11843RBso
accepting11844VVGaccept
.11845SENT.
I11846PPI
mean11847VVPmean
,11848,,
the11849DTthe
State11850NPState
does11851VVZdo
not11852RBnot
resist11853VVresist
the11854DTthe
notion11855NNnotion
that11856IN/thatthat
,11857,,
as11858INas
proprietor11859NNproprietor
,11860,,
the11861DTthe
United11862NPUnited
States11863NPSStates
could11864MDcould
come11865VVcome
in11866RPin
and11867CCand
give11868VVgive
all11869DTall
of11870INof
the11871DTthe
benefits11872NNSbenefit
that11873IN/thatthat
Mr11874NPMr
.11875SENT.
Herrera11876NPHerrera
seeks11877VVZseek
,11878,,
including11879VVGinclude
subsistence11880NNsubsistence
hunting11881NNhunting
.11882SENT.
What11883WPWhat
...11884:...
what11885WPwhat
...11886:...
what11887WPwhat
the11888DTthe
advantage11889NNadvantage
of11890INof
that11891DTthat
approach11892NNapproach
would11893MDwould
be11894VBbe
is11895VBZbe
that11896IN/thatthat
all11897DTall
of11898INof
the11899DTthe
questions11900NNSquestion
that11901RBthat
...11902:...
that11903DTthat
...11904:...
that11905DTthat
sort11906NNsort
of11907INof
tail11908NNtail
out11909RPout
of11910INof
that11911DTthat
,11912,,
when11913WRBwhen
,11914,,
how11915WRBhow
,11916,,
but11917CCbut
also11918RBalso
subsistence11919NNsubsistence
,11920,,
subsistence11921NNsubsistence
for11922INfor
whom11923WPwhom
,11924,,
you11925PPyou
know11926VVPknow
,11927,,
the11928DTthe
question11929NNquestion
of11930INof
hunting11931NNhunting
licenses11932NNSlicense
being11933VBGbe
given11934VVNgive
to11935TOto
the11936DTthe
tribe11937NNtribe
rather11938RBrather
than11939INthan
under11940INunder
the11941DTthe
current11942JJcurrent
situation11943NNsituation
where11944WRBwhere
,11945,,
you11946PPyou
know11947VVPknow
,11948,,
the11949DTthe
United11950NPUnited
States11951NPSStates
'11952POS'
position11953NNposition
as11954RBas
to11955TOto
the11956DTthe
Crow11957NPCrow
treaty11958NNtreaty
was11959VBDbe
not11960RBnot
made11961VVNmake
clear11962JJclear
to11963TOto
the11964DTthe
State11965NNstate
of11966INof
Wyoming11967NPWyoming
until11968INuntil
the11969DTthe
filing11970NNfiling
in11971INin
this11972DTthis
Court11973NPCourt
in11974INin
...11975:...
in11976INin
support11977NNsupport
of11978INof
a11979DTa
grant11980NNgrant
of11981INof
certiorari11982NNcertiorari
.11983SENT.
The11984DTthe
United11985NPUnited
States11986NPSStates
had11987VHDhave
...11988:...
had11989VHDhave
no11990DTno
role11991NNrole
whatsoever11992RBwhatsoever
in11993INin
the11994DTthe
Repsis11995NPRepsis
litigation11996NNlitigation
that11997IN/thatthat
we11998PPwe
can11999MDcan
find12000VVfind
.12001SENT.
In12002INin
fact12003NNfact
,12004,,
I12005PPI
believe12006VVPbelieve
the12007DTthe
United12008NPUnited
States12009NPSStates
declined12010VVDdecline
to12011TOto
participate12012VVparticipate
at12013INat
all12014DTall
.12015SENT.
And12016CCand
so12017RBso
,12018,,
from12019INfrom
...12020:...
from12021INfrom
the12022DTthe
State12023NPState
's12024POS's
perspective12025NNperspective
,12026,,
the12027DTthe
absence12028NNabsence
of12029INof
the12030DTthe
federal12031JJfederal
government12032NNgovernment
is12033VBZbe
...12034:...
is12035VBZbe
one12036CDone
,12037,,
you12038PPyou
know12039VVPknow
,12040,,
we12041PPwe
would12042MDwould
welcome12043VVwelcome
the12044DTthe
federal12045JJfederal
government12046NNgovernment
's12047POS's
involvement12048NNinvolvement
.12049SENT.
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]12050LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
It12051PPit
won12052MDwill
't12053RB't
...12054:...
[JUSTICE ALITO]12055LOC[JUSTICE ALITO]
On12056INon
the12057DTthe
land12058NNland
in12059INin
question12060NNquestion
here12061RBhere
,12062,,
what12063WPwhat
is12064VBZbe
the12065DTthe
extent12066NNextent
of12067INof
the12068DTthe
federal12069JJfederal
government12070NNgovernment
's12071POS's
regulatory12072JJregulatory
authority12073NNauthority
and12074CCand
where12075WRBwhere
does12076VVZdo
it12077PPit
come12078VVcome
from12079INfrom
?12080SENT?
[MR. KNEPPER]12081LOC[MR. KNEPPER]
The12082NPThe
...12083:...
the12084DTthe
federal12085JJfederal
government12086NNgovernment
's12087POS's
regulatory12088JJregulatory
authority12089NNauthority
comes12090VVZcome
from12091INfrom
the12092DTthe
Organic12093NPOrganic
Act12094NPAct
that12095WDTthat
created12096VVDcreate
the12097DTthe
national12098JJnational
forests12099NNSforest
.12100SENT.
There12101EXthere
's12102VBZbe
a12103DTa
...12104:...
there12105EXthere
's12106VBZbe
a12107DTa
gap12108NNgap
.12109SENT.
There12110EXthere
was12111VBDbe
...12112:...
there12113EXthere
was12114VBDbe
a12115DTa
statute12116NNstatute
allowing12117VVGallow
creation12118NNcreation
of12119INof
the12120DTthe
national12121JJnational
forests12122NNSforest
.12123SENT.
And12124CCand
then12125RBthen
,12126,,
when12127WRBwhen
they12128PPthey
were12129VBDbe
reaffirmed12130VVNreaffirm
in12131INin
189712132CD@card@
,12133,,
the12134DTthe
so-called12135JJso-called
Organic12136NPOrganic
Act12137NPAct
allows12138VVZallow
the12139DTthe
federal12140JJfederal
government12141NNgovernment
to12142TOto
just12143RBjust
...12144:...
do12145VVPdo
just12146RBjust
about12147INabout
anything12148NNanything
.12149SENT.
And12150CCand
in12151INin
the12152DTthe
Coastal12153NPCoastal
California12154NPCalifornia
Commission12155NPCommission
,12156,,
this12157DTthis
Court12158NPCourt
said12159VVDsay
it12160PPit
's12161VBZbe
plenary12162JJplenary
.12163SENT.
[JUSTICE ALITO]12164LOC[JUSTICE ALITO]
Does12165VVZdo
the12166DTthe
government12167NNgovernment
think12168VVPthink
that12169IN/thatthat
that12170WDTthat
abrogated12171VVDabrogate
the12172DTthe
or12173CCor
that12174IN/thatthat
limited12175VVNlimit
the12176DTthe
treaty12177NNtreaty
right12178NNright
?12179SENT?
[MR. KNEPPER]12180LOC[MR. KNEPPER]
The12181DTthe
government12182NNgovernment
's12183POS's
perspective12184NNperspective
is12185VBZbe
that12186IN/thatthat
it12187PPit
did12188VVDdo
not12189RBnot
.12190SENT.
The12191DTthe
State12192NPState
's12193POS's
perspective12194NNperspective
is12195VBZbe
that12196IN/thatthat
it12197PPit
occupied12198VVDoccupy
it12199PPit
by12200INby
...12201:...
by12202INby
taking12203VVGtake
control12204NNcontrol
.12205SENT.
[JUSTICE ALITO]12206LOC[JUSTICE ALITO]
Well12207UHWell
,12208,,
then12209RBthen
...12210:...
then12211RBthen
how12212WRBhow
can12213MDcan
the12214DTthe
government12215NNgovernment
...12216:...
I12217PPI
mean12218VVPmean
,12219,,
the12220DTthe
government12221NNgovernment
is12222VBZbe
just12223RBjust
as12224RBas
bound12225VVNbind
by12226INby
the12227DTthe
...12228:...
by12229INby
the12230DTthe
...12231:...
is12232VBZbe
bound12233VVNbind
by12234INby
the12235DTthe
treaty12236NNtreaty
.12237SENT.
The12238DTthe
government12239NNgovernment
entered12240VVNenter
into12241INinto
the12242DTthe
treaty12243NNtreaty
,12244,,
right12245RBright
?12246SENT?
[MR. KNEPPER]12247LOC[MR. KNEPPER]
The12248DTthe
government12249NNgovernment
entered12250VVNenter
into12251INinto
the12252DTthe
treaty12253NNtreaty
,12254,,
yes12255UHyes
.12256SENT.
[JUSTICE ALITO]12257LOC[JUSTICE ALITO]
So12258RBso
does12259VVZdo
n't12260RBn't
there12261RBthere
have12262VHhave
to12263TOto
be12264VBbe
a12265DTa
statute12266NNstatute
that12267WDTthat
would12268MDwould
limit12269VVlimit
the12270DTthe
hunting12271NNhunting
right12272NNright
that12273WDTthat
was12274VBDbe
conferred12275VVNconfer
by12276INby
the12277DTthe
treaty12278NNtreaty
?12279SENT?
[MR. KNEPPER]12280LOC[MR. KNEPPER]
Your12281PP$your
Honor12282NPHonor
,12283,,
may12284MDmay
I12285PPI
respond12286VVrespond
?12287SENT?
[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]12288LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
Sure12289NPSure
.12290SENT.
[MR. KNEPPER]12291LOC[MR. KNEPPER]
All12292NPAll
of12293INof
these12294DTthese
actions12295NNSaction
took12296VVDtake
place12297NNplace
,12298,,
Your12299PP$your
Honor12300NPHonor
,12301,,
before12302INbefore
statutes12303NNSstatute
could12304MDcould
repeal12305VVrepeal
Indian12306JJIndian
treaty12307NNtreaty
language12308NNlanguage
,12309,,
all12310RBall
...12311:...
including12312VVGinclude
the12313DTthe
enactment12314NNenactment
of12315INof
the12316DTthe
organic12317JJorganic
statute12318NNstatute
.12319SENT.
So12320RBso
,12321,,
from12322INfrom
the12323DTthe
State12324NPState
's12325POS's
perspective12326NNperspective
,12327,,
all12328RBall
of12329INof
them12330PPthem
represent12331VVPrepresent
not12332RBnot
repeal12333VVrepeal
of12334INof
the12335DTthe
hunting12336NNhunting
right12337NNright
but12338CCbut
,12339,,
rather12340RBrather
,12341,,
the12342DTthe
federal12343JJfederal
government12344NNgovernment
's12345POS's
occupation12346NNoccupation
within12347INwithin
the12348DTthe
meaning12349NNmeaning
of12350INof
the12351DTthe
hunting12352NNhunting
right12353NNright
.12354SENT.
[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]12355LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
Thank12356VVthank
you12357PPyou
,12358,,
counsel12359NNcounsel
.12360SENT.
212361CD2
Mr12362NPMr
.12363SENT.
Hicks12364NPHicks
,12365,,
two12366CDtwo
minutes12367NNSminute
.12368SENT.
[MR. HICKS]12369LOC[MR. HICKS]
Thank12370VVthank
you12371PPyou
,12372,,
Mr12373NPMr
.12374SENT.
Chief12375NPChief
Justice12376NPJustice
.12377SENT.
Just12378RBjust
a12379DTa
few12380JJfew
points12381NNSpoint
.12382SENT.
First12383RBfirst
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in12385INin
response12386NNresponse
to12387TOto
the12388DTthe
idea12389NNidea
that12390IN/thatthat
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Lacs12392NPLacs
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n't12395RBn't
change12396VVchange
the12397DTthe
approach12398NNapproach
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I12400PPI
...12401:...
I12402PPI
think12403VVPthink
that12404WDTthat
's12405VBZbe
wrong12406JJwrong
for12407INfor
all12408PDTall
the12409DTthe
reasons12410NNSreason
that12411IN/thatthat
Justice12412NPJustice
Breyer12413NPBreyer
and12414CCand
Justice12415NPJustice
Kagan12416NPKagan
identified12417VVDidentify
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But12419CCbut
I12420PPI
want12421VVPwant
to12422TOto
go12423VVgo
a12424DTa
little12425JJlittle
bit12426NNbit
further12427RBRfurther
than12428INthan
the12429DTthe
sentence12430NNsentence
that12431IN/thatthat
you12432PPyou
read12433VVPread
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Justice12435NPJustice
Breyer12436NPBreyer
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And12438CCand
it12439PPit
's12440VBZbe
the12441DTthe
sentence12442NNsentence
on12443INon
page12444NNpage
20712445CD@card@
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Now12449RBnow
earlier12450RBRearlier
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the12452DTthe
opinion12453NNopinion
the12454DTthe
Court12455NPCourt
had12456VHDhave
said12457VVNsay
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We12459PPwe
concluded12460VVDconclude
that12461IN/thatthat
the12462DTthe
particular12463JJparticular
rights12464NNSright
in12465INin
the12466DTthe
Race12467NPRace
Horse12468NPHorse
treaty12469NNtreaty
at12470INat
issue12471NNissue
there12472EXthere
were12473VBDbe
not12474RBnot
intended12475VVNintend
to12476TOto
survive12477VVsurvive
statehood12478NNstatehood
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Then12480RBthen
on12481INon
20712482CD@card@
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20812484CD@card@
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The12486DTthe
Race12487NPRace
Horse12488NPHorse
Court12489NPCourt
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decision12491NNdecision
that12492IN/thatthat
Indian12493JJIndian
treaty12494NNtreaty
rights12495NNSright
were12496VBDbe
impliedly12497RBimpliedly
repealed12498VVNrepeal
by12499INby
Wyoming12500NPWyoming
statehood12501NNstatehood
was12502VBDbe
informed12503VVNinform
by12504INby
that12505DTthat
court12506NNcourt
's12507POS's
conclusion12508NNconclusion
that12509IN/thatthat
the12510DTthe
Indian12511JJIndian
treaty12512NNtreaty
rights12513NNSright
were12514VBDbe
inconsistent12515JJinconsistent
with12516INwith
state12517NNstate
sovereignty12518NNsovereignty
over12519INover
natural12520JJnatural
resources12521NNSresource
and12522CCand
,12523,,
thus12524RBthus
,12525,,
that12526IN/thatthat
Congress12527NPCongress
could12528MDcould
not12529RBnot
have12530VHhave
intended12531VVNintend
the12532DTthe
rights12533NNSright
to12534TOto
survive12535VVsurvive
statehood12536NNstatehood
.12537SENT.
And12538CCand
that12539DTthat
's12540VBZbe
an12541DTan
important12542JJimportant
last12543JJlast
phrase12544NNphrase
of12545INof
that12546DTthat
sentence12547NNsentence
because12548INbecause
it12549PPit
's12550VBZbe
tying12551VVGtie
the12552DTthe
entire12553JJentire
Race12554NPRace
Horse12555NPHorse
holding12556NNholding
to12557TOto
this12558DTthis
mistaken12559JJmistaken
premise12560NNpremise
that12561IN/thatthat
Indian12562JJIndian
treaty12563NNtreaty
rights12564NNSright
are12565VBPbe
irreconcilable12566JJirreconcilable
with12567INwith
state12568NNstate
sovereignty12569NNsovereignty
over12570INover
natural12571JJnatural
resources12572NNSresource
.12573SENT.
I12574PPI
think12575VVPthink
that12576DTthat
's12577VBZbe
a12578DTa
key12579JJkey
sentence12580NNsentence
.12581SENT.
And12582CCand
I12583PPI
think12584VVPthink
,12585,,
frankly12586RBfrankly
,12587,,
that12588DTthat
kind12589NNkind
of12590INof
undercuts12591NNSundercut
a12592DTa
lot12593NNlot
of12594INof
the12595DTthe
idea12596NNidea
that12597IN/thatthat
even12598RBeven
the12599DTthe
holding12600NNholding
...12601:...
this12602DTthis
second12603JJsecond
holding12604NNholding
of12605INof
Race12606NPRace
Horse12607NPHorse
is12608VBZbe
still12609RBstill
viable12610JJviable
.12611SENT.
Again12612RBagain
,12613,,
we12614PPwe
do12615VVPdo
n't12616RBn't
think12617VVthink
you12618PPyou
need12619VVPneed
to12620TOto
take12621VVtake
the12622DTthe
next12623JJnext
step12624NNstep
to12625TOto
expressly12626RBexpressly
overrule12627VVoverrule
the12628DTthe
outcome12629NNoutcome
in12630INin
Race12631NPRace
Horse12632NPHorse
.12633SENT.
But12634CCbut
,12635,,
if12636INif
you12637PPyou
,12638,,
you12639PPyou
know12640VVPknow
,12641,,
want12642VVPwant
to12643TOto
do12644VVdo
that12645IN/thatthat
,12646,,
you12647PPyou
can12648MDcan
follow12649VVfollow
the12650DTthe
roadmap12651NNroadmap
that12652IN/thatthat
you12653PPyou
have12654VHPhave
in12655INin
Limbach12656NPLimbach
and12657CCand
Sunnen12658NPSunnen
,12659,,
where12660WRBwhere
you12661PPyou
had12662VHDhave
almost12663RBalmost
exactly12664RBexactly
this12665DTthis
situation12666NNsituation
.12667SENT.
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