"If given the power to convict and imprison, without appeal to our established court system, what keeps "tribes" from using their new found power in corrupt ways to violate US citizen rights?"Terry

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  dardena

  "Would it not be better to unify the tribes and the US, not create additional divisiveness through legal bifurcation?  What would keep a tribal council from detaining non-tribal citizens for ransom? Play along with me here... if the tribes have the power to convict non-tribal members, specifically US citizens, for violating tribal laws, who becomes responsible for punishing those convicted? "If given the power to convict and imprison, without appeal to our established court system, what keeps "tribes" from using their new found power in corrupt ways to violate US citizen rights?"Terry

   Maybe a better approach would be to have all tribes use our established legal system. Just because they (the tribal members) enjoy duel citizenship does not mean they need two, often diverging, legal systems."Terry