And what does that have to do with taking their faith claims seriously or giving them special veto powers over development?
I am sympathetic to their plight. The situation at many reservations is horrible.
Because they want to do something more than post on facebook.
Yes they do.
They are quite well versed in the global and socioeconomic situation.
Are the Standing Rock citizens required to negotiate with corporations?
Considering they are practicing, successful lawyers in sure they are well versed in identifying loaded questions.
That much is obvious. But why do they feel so strongly against a pipeline that they would go up to ND to protest?
And that doesn't cause them to think that perhaps the apocalyptic doomsday claims about DAPL are grossly exaggerated?
Are they really? If they were they would not be against this pipeline.
One of the complaints by the Standing Rock Indians is that they were not consulted. The fact that the company tried to contact them many times determined that was a lie.
But apparently they are incapable of identifying the major load of bullshit fed to them by the Indians and other anti-pipeline, anti-oil activists. Perhaps they should have taken a minor in agronomy.
Oh, since they are lawyers they must be there to ambulance chase, trolling for new custom! I just hope ND local governments and courts are not going to give these protesters any money. Instead, protesters should be sued for cost of law enforcement and of any delays to pipeline construction.
The protesters are using words wrong, as usual. A "concussion grenade" is an actual lethal, military grenade that does not have fragmenting bits but primarily kills due to blast shock wave. If Sophia Wilansky was hit by one of those she and a few other people close to her would have been dead.
He might be directly invested, but all American people stand to benefit from it indirectly.
