A traffic ticket appeal made on grounds of tribal sovereignty was recently lost by a man related to an Oklahoma official who’s opposed tribal sovereignty for years.
Keith Stitt, brother of Gov. Kevin Stitt, lost his appeal of a traffic ticket issued in Tulsa. Stitt unsuccessfully argued the city lacked criminal jurisdiction over him because he’s Cherokee and was driving in eastern Oklahoma.
A 2020 landmark Supreme Court ruling known as the McGirt decision holds Native people who commit crimes in much of eastern Oklahoma are subject to federal or tribal prosecution, not state-level charges…