Introduction

Tom Getty: Lack du flambaux band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, V. Coughlin was argued before the court on April 24. He says petitioners face an uphill struggle to convince the Supreme Court to read travel governments out of a provision of the bankruptcy code that abrogates the sovereign immunity of governmental units. The Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speaker.