DoomsdaysCW<p>We live in a f*cked up world when <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> members are the only ones who do the right thing. WTF!</p><p>BREAKING! Supreme Court Refuses Plea to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectOakFlat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectOakFlat</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ApacheStronghold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ApacheStronghold</span></a> said it will continue the fight in the courts<br> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WendslerNosieSr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WendslerNosieSr</span></a>. said, "While this decision is a heavy blow, our struggle is far from over. We urge Congress to take decisive action to stop this injustice while we press forward in the courts."</p><p>By Becket Law, Censored News, May 27, 2025</p><p>WASHINGTON – "The Supreme Court today refused to protect a Western Apache sacred site, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OakFlat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OakFlat</span></a>, from destruction by a Chinese-owned mining giant. In Apache Stronghold v. United States, a coalition of Apaches, other Native peoples, and non-Native allies will now continue to fight in court to<br>stop the government from transferring Oak Flat to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResolutionCopper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResolutionCopper</span></a> and turning the site into a massive mining<br>crater, ending Apache religious practices forever.</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JusticeGorsuch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JusticeGorsuch</span></a>, joined by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JusticeThomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JusticeThomas</span></a>, dissented from the Court’s refusal to hear the appeal,<br>saying that the Court’s 'decision to shuffle this case off our docket without a full airing is a grievous mistake—one with consequences that threaten to reverberate for generations.'</p><p>"Since time immemorial, Western Apaches and other Native peoples have gathered at Oak Flat, outside of present-day Superior, Arizona, for sacred religious ceremonies that cannot take place anywhere else."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/05/supreme-court-refuses-plea-to-protect.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/05</span><span class="invisible">/supreme-court-refuses-plea-to-protect.html</span></a></p><p>Link to PDF (with Gorsuch's full dissention):</p><p><a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24-291_5i26.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pd</span><span class="invisible">f/24-291_5i26.pdf</span></a></p><p><a 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class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaveOakFlat</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SanCarlosApache" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SanCarlosApache</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Apache" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apache</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReligiousLiberty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReligiousLiberty</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmericans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NativeAmericans</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstNations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstNations</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CensoredNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow 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