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The state has asked that the case be reconsidered, saying the ruling would dramatically limit its ability to enforce laws on the Narragansetts' land.
Jump to full article: Providence (RI) Journal-Bulletin, 2005-09-25
Author: KATIE MULVANEY Journal Staff Writer
Intro: The American Civil Liberties Union and the National Congress of American Indians are backing the Narragansett tribe in challenging the state's raid on a tribal smoke shop.
The Rhode Island Affiliate of the ACLU, the national ACLU and the NCAI filed a friend-of-the-court brief Wednesday arguing that the highly publicized raid violated the tribe's sovereign rights.
"This case raises issues of enormous consequence for Indian tribes. We are hopeful that the court will agree that the state's heavy-handed raid was incompatible with long-standing principles of tribal sovereignty," Steven Brown, executive director of the Rhode Island ACLU, said in a statement.
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