Supreme Court may keep alive Navajo Nation water rights claim in Arizona
WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court confronted on Monday the question of whether the government must do more to provide water for the Navajo Nation in northern Arizona. And the answer, by the narrowest majority, appeared to be yes. Most of the justices said they were wary of even considering plans to take more water from the mainstream of the drought-stricken Colorado River. But five of them, ...
by David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times
Mar 20, 2023
2 minutes
WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court confronted on Monday the question of whether the government must do more to provide water for the Navajo Nation in northern Arizona.
And the answer, by the narrowest majority, appeared to be yes.
Most of the justices said they were wary of even considering plans to take more water from the mainstream of the drought-stricken Colorado River. But five of them,
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