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Vatican decree called the "Doctrine of Discovery" gave Europeans the right to steal everything from indigenous people in newly "discovered" land, and that it's still a core part of US law. Ruth Bader Ginsburg invoked it in 2005.

https://www.liberationnews.org/vatican-renounces-doctrine-of-discovery-when-will-supreme-court-do-likewise/

But while the Pope has now renounced it, the U.S. Supreme Court has not. The high court continues to treat the “doctrine” as an integral basis of U.S. law, particularly in regard to the rights — or lack thereof — of Native peoples. Most notable in recent times was a pA L ERELTETGL L LTS he late liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg which invoked the "Doctrine of Discovery” in her majority ruling against the OLEEENREERINENL. The Oneidas were seeking to recover lands and rights in central New York State guaranteed to them under the 1794 Treaty of Canandaigua treaty with the U.S., signed by George Washington, then president.

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@yogthos Maybe RBG was not the hero she was made out to be. Selective heroism.

7 Apr 2023 at 13:43 | Open on mastodon.online