Morris v. Watt’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate ·

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1. “are not present here. First, appellants argue that, unlike the Creek Constitution, which called for a government based on traditional matrilineal social units denoted as tribal towns, the old Choctaw and Chickasaw Constitutions envisioned legislatures that correspond to easily delineated geographic districts within present day eastern Oklahoma. Second, appellants argue that, unlike the 1867 Creek Constitution, the 1860 Choctaw and 1867 Chickasaw Constitutions set forth specific procedures for constitutional amendments.”

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   e.g. Morris v. Watt

2. “on a practical level, unlike the Creek situation if their 1867 Constitution had been revitalized, it would not be necessary to devise a lengthy and complicated series of referenda within the Choctaw or Chickasaw Nations to modify the 1860 and 1867 Constitutions, respectively, if indeed it would be necessary to amend or modify those documents.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Morris v. Watt

3. “was too slow in coming, it was decided to commence the referendum based on the inherent right and sovereign authority of the Chickasaw people to self-government and seek Bureau approval if the Chickasaw people voted in favor of the new proposed constitution.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Morris v. Watt