Supreme Court cases could reshape Navajo Nation water rights
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NPR's Pien Huang speaks with Gregory Ablavsky, professor at Stanford Law School, about a set of cases the Supreme Court will hear on Monday involving the water rights of the Navajo Nation.
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When the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Monday in Arizona v. Navajo Nation, it will be considering fairly technical legal questions, but the answers could have a large impact on water allocation in the Colorado River basin.
NPR's Pien Huang speaks with Gregory Ablavsky, professor at Stanford Law School, about a set of cases the Supreme Court will hear on Monday involving the water rights of the Navajo Nation.
The justices hear arguments on whether a Navajo lawsuit claiming the federal government has a duty to address the tribe's water rights can move forward.
SCOTUS heard oral arguments Monday in Arizona v. Navajo Nation, which considered whether the government is obligated to meet the Navajo Nation's water needs.
The Supreme Court seems inclined to side with the federal government and a group of states in a dispute with the Navajo Nation over water from the drought-stricken Colorado River.
The Supreme Court appeared narrowly divided Monday on the Navajo Nation's bid to maintain its lawsuit seeking additional water for an Arizona-based reservation.
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