Tom Udall actually said...

Jicarilla is really a bell weather for future trust cases and it gives you a sense of where the Court is heading.

a Carcieri fix is my high priority. And I think it will help resolve, you know, many problems that are there now.

the old definition is based on this notion of dependency, it is based on this notion of incompetency, that we are wards of a guardian.

the question of the Federal Government's responsibility to Tribes is worth examining.