Supreme Court Refuses Plea to Protect Oak Flat.

[douglas9]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal from Apaches who are fighting to halt a massive copper mining project on federal land in Arizona that they hold sacred.

The justices left in place lower court decisions allowing the transfer of the Tonto National Forest land, known as Oak Flat, to Resolution Copper, which plans to mine what it says is the second-largest known copper deposit in the world.

The Trump administration has said it will push to complete the transfer.

Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in dissent that it was a “grievous mistake” not to take up the appeal.

“Recognizing Oak Flat’s significance, the government has long protected both the land and the Apaches’ access to it,” Gorsuch wrote, joined by Justice Clarence Thomas. “No more. Now, the government and a mining conglomerate want to turn Oak Flat into a massive hole in the ground.”



https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2025/05/supreme-court-refuses-plea-to-protect.html

[peacebuzzard]

1. this is not right.

and I feel for the natives; it is their land, it is all they have left.
My god, the thieves are stopping at nothing. And the Supremes did not protect them. bullshit.

[Wonder Why]

2. Where the hell were our liberal justices?

[Clouds Passing]

3. They were stolen by Mitch McCONnell