the butler case in 1936 and the south dakota v. dole case in 1987. neither of these cases actually held that there is a doctrine of coercion. they refer to the possibility that a conditional grant might be made under terms that went from compulsion to coercion, but they didn t say anything about exactly what it meant. a number of courts of appeal have concluded that it doesn t really exist as a doctrine. no court has ever actually applied it to hold that a traditional grant was unconstitutional. so one thing that these cases will decide is whether the doctrine actually exists as law or not and that in and of itself will be very important. the justice department is arguing that it actually doesn t or shouldn t. there s a good argument for that position. the states that i was talking about, the democratic states who support the medicaid expansion, argue that there should be a coercion doctrine. they re much more pro-state interests in their orientation than the justice departme
get our schedules and see past programs at our web sites. you can join in on social media sites. in january, the president of the national congress of american indians delivered the annual state of indian nations address. topics included the economic status of american indians and tribal relations with the federal government. congressman tom cole of oklahoma, a member of the nation respond to the speech the we also hear remarks from the senate indian affairs committee chairman and vice chairman. this is 1:20. good morning, my name is jacqueline peta, and i would look to welcome you here to our state of indian nation ease vent. ncai is the largest, the oldest, and organization in washington, d.c. representing the tribal governments across the country. i would look to welcome our distinguished guests to washington, d.c. we have many folks listening to us across the country. to watch the state of 2012 state state of indian nations address. across the country we
the most remarkable part of the america of, actually the most diverse part of america. at each and every person and here is a member of the tribe intends to remain true uart and to retain and pass on that identity, your culture, your traditions, the guests are unique political status within the const petition at the united states. each generation of american indians usually has to educate the rest of the country about what that status is. who we are and who we intend to be. our navajo breath and have a real story, a phrase they use going to take a little liberty with it. but the long walk, one of the great tragedies that are as a people. we have to remember what we think about the long walk up a little bit different than a lot of traditions in oklahoma, which aired he is coming true tears, chickasaw. for so many of our tribes, the long walk we know the history and of course most everybody in this room does is a two-way walk. so i bought walk away is a long walk back home, too