The Navajo Nation had argued that their water rights were protected under an 1868 treaty.
Biden administration
ah yes, supreme court, famously the puppets of the political mastermind Biden
The disagreement/“battle” was between the Navajo nation and the Federal Government.
The Navajo Nation had argued that the federal government is legally obligated to address the tribe’s water needs from the drought-stricken Colorado River
The Supreme Court was the body that was was making a judgement about which of the two sides was right.
So, “Biden administration” in this context refers to the Federal Government, not to the Supreme Court.
Navajo Nation has been fighting this particular battle against every sitting US government for tye past 20 years. Is the Biden administration one of those sitting governments or not?
So why not just say “The US Government” instead of “the Biden administration” If the battle has been going on for several decades, why call out the current administration particularly? Because then you can point to this and say “see what a horrible person Biden in who personally is responsible for this happening!”
That’s just how legal cases work… if you sue a state, it’s documented in court records as a suit against the sitting governor. If the governor changes, the title of the suit changes.
Same thing here with the president. It doesn’t matter who wins the election… any ongoing court cases are now against the new chief executive of the government.
Because the facts are the facts. The Attny General of the Biden Administration could have conceded the case and the water rights at any point Biden wanted. Biden chose to do the same thing Trump, Obama, and Bush did. The same thing every US president has always done when the indigenous folks rouse some rabble about the promises we made to them.
The treaties aren’t some secret, they were written down and you can read them for yourself. The people signing it agreed on the words to communicate their intentions. Make your own opinion and decide whether Bidens administration fought this over the genuine intentions of the promises made in the treaty, or over the modern interests of current and future non-indigenous voters. Think for yourself, form your own opinion rather than wringing your hands over the optics of the headline.