Thursday, October 5, 2023
Some good news in a sacred-sites case
The Becket Fund has the news, here, that the federal government has agreed to settle a sacred-sites case and "make efforts to restore the site by replanting trees, allowing the tribal members to rebuild a centuries-old stone altar, and recognizing historic Native American use of the site." Some church-state law professors filed an amicus brief in support of the tribes' position, which you can read here.
https://mirrorofjustice.blogs.com/mirrorofjustice/2023/10/some-good-news-in-a-sacred-sites-case.html