https://redstate.com/moe_lane/2010/12/09/dems-facilitating-indian-casinos/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 20:08:16 -0400<![CDATA[The method is rather&#8230; elegant, in a certain sort of way: obnoxious, but elegant.  What the Democrats are plotting to do is to finish passing legislation (that would appear in the continuing spending resolution that&#8217;s substituting for an actual budget) that would allow the executive branch of the government (in the guise of the Secretary of the Interior) to unilaterally take into trust land offered to them by Native American &#8216;tribes.&#8217;  &#8216;Tribes&#8217; is in scare quotes because the new legislation makes the determination of tribal status for this purpose the sole province of&#8230; the executive branch of the government.  Why this matters is because once the government has the land it can give the &#8216;tribe&#8217; the use of that land back; which means that the &#8216;tribe&#8217; is free to build a casino there with no interference from state governments.]]>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 10:00:29 -0500<![CDATA[Moe Lane]]>https://redstate.com/moe_lane/2010/12/09/dems-facilitating-indian-casinos-n37257