Edmund Burke said something like: Your representative owes you not only his industry but also his judgment, and he betrays rather than serves if he always sacrifices it to your opinion. [...] to do what they think is right--not to be a weather vane to analyze what is the prevailing wind on Tuesday or Thursday, but to do what they think is right. That is especially important when we are talking about altering the Constitution of the United States.
Discussing the responsibilities of representatives in relation to their constituents.
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I just want to say that I am concerned about the court's decision in Carcieri and the impact it may have on those tribes that were recognized after 1934.
The efficiencies that would be driven from a non-profit corporation...would provide funding as well for excellent and stable and professional management.
Tribes ceded close to 200 million acres of land during the treaty-making and removal periods prior to 1881.
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