thrown our law enforcement into upheaval. we have lost the ability to enforce law and order if there is a native victim involved. that s what this case is about. remember, who is a native or who is an indian? it s about 10% of oklahoma population. i have my indian card. my six children with blond hair and blue eyes have their indian card. so law enforcement is having a tough time because you can t tell who a native is and who isn t in oklahoma because we have never had reservations in oklahoma. steve: governor, this case today. hear the arguments on behalf of your state. the case today is what? chester was a really bad guy that almost killed a 5-year-old native girl. she ll wasn t a member of an oklahoma tribe. she was a member of a north carolina tribe. she was sentenced to 35 years in prison. and because she was a native victim after the case it was thrown out. so now she is being she has to be charged by u.s. attorneys or the fed.
pete: matt, thank you for the latest. appreciate it steve? steve: thank you pete and matt. nearly two years ago the u.s. supreme court ruled that the land making up five indian reservations in eastern oklahoma is considered indian territory country. meaning state law does not apply in those regions. but today the supreme court reconvenes to hear oral arguments on whether the state of oklahoma has the authority to prosecute thousands of non-indians who commit crimes against indians on indian reservation. oklahoma governor kevin sit kevin stittjoins us to make his. good morning to you. good morning thank you for having me on. steve: where is this coming. from it came two years ago when the supreme court 5-4 decision reno longer have jurisdiction in eastern oklahoma. that would be like coming into boston and saying no longer was that part of the state of massachusetts it s
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so thought biden administration by their own admission do not have the resources to prosecute burglaries and car thefts. the fbi just the head fbi agent said they are overwhelmed. if there is an indian involved the state can t prosecute it the tribe can t prosecute it. it has to go back to the feds and the feds don t have the resources to investigate a home burglary, for example. steve: so what you have described, governor, it sounds like you are the governor of only about half of oklahoma. well, if it stands reservation for all purposes like they are trying to say the tribes, then, yeah, i would not be the governor for eastern oklahoma. it s going to be carved up into six different jurisdictions. the problem with that is you have got 2 million people there that have lived. we have since 1907. generations after generations of non-indians are now living on a