The Cherokee Nation, under new chief Chuck Hoskin, Jr., calls on the United States to fulfill its obligation under the 1835 Treaty of New Echota, to seat a tribe member as a delegate in the U.S. House of Representatives. The delegate could vote in committee, join debate on the floor, and introduce legislation, but would lack an ultimate vote on bills. Can a Member of a sovereign entity sit in a lawmaking body of another sovereign government? Should the U.S. seat a delegate from each of the other tribes? Will America keep her promise to the Cherokee?
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