Crispin’s Projects
Interests include federal Indian law, tribal law, constitutional law & design, and criminal procedure.
Transplanted Rights in the Choctaw Nation
Note forthcoming in the Texas Journal on Civil Liberties & Civil Rights
This Note, written during my 1L year, explores the dangers to tribal sovereignty posed by transplanted rights provisions in tribal constitutions, and proposes solutions available to tribal governments.
Draft on SSRN here: Transplanted Rights in the Choctaw Nation
Unjustifiable Expense: Tribal Nations Should be Included in FRE 902(1)
Blog post for the Arizona State Law Journal
In this blog post, I argue that federal actors should follow the lead of several states, and allow Tribal Nations to issue self-authenticating documents under FRE 902(1).
Read the post here: Unjustifiable Expense
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