Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote an impassioned dissent comparing the plight of the Navajos to the experience of "any American who has spent time at the Department of Motor Vehicles."
The high court ruled 5-4 in Arizona v. Navajo Nation on Thursday that under an 1868 treaty, the US is not required secure water for the Navajo Nation.
But Gorsuch wrote in his dissent that the majority "rejects a request the Navajo Nation never made."
Gorsuch wrote, however, that "the relief the Tribe seeks is far more modest."
And at 26 pages, his dissent in Arizona v. Navajo Nation was twice as long as the majority opinion.
Persons:
Neil Gorsuch, —, Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, Donald Trump, — Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Ketanji Brown Jackson —
Organizations:
Navajo Nation, Department of Motor Vehicles, Service, Supreme
Locations:
Navajo, Arizona v, United States, Colorado