# Is everything going on with the DAPL legal?

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**Created:** [November 26, 2016, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-everything-going-on-with-the-dapl-legal/773013 "2016-11-26T04:21:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 26, 2016, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-everything-going-on-with-the-dapl-legal/773013/1 "2016-11-26T04:21:17Z")

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I’ve heard a lot about the DAPL, how they did not have a permit to even be there to begin with, and how the DAPL workers as well as the police are not suppose to be on the land.  
Can anyone elaborate on these issues? Has anything been done that is illegal dealing with the pipeline? If so why aren’t there a million lawyers over there right now raising hell? IS there any real reason why the media refuses to cover these issues, aside from affiliates of big media and big oil?