...The town of Mahwah “is applying the zoning law in an outrageous and irrational way, to limit the Ramapough from using the land in the way they have for centuries,” said Rachel Meeropol, a senior staff attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights, which, along with the law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges, represents the tribe in the federal suit. “It’s a blatant violation of the Ramapoughs’ right to religious practice,” she said.

On March 18, the tribe received the Justice Department’s statement of interest in support of the Ramapoughs’ suit. ...

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