Supreme Court Upholds Indian Child Welfare and Adoption Law
TL;DR
The US Supreme Court upheld key provisions of the Indian Child Welfare Act, a law enacted 45 years ago to remedy past government abuse, by a 7-2 vote. The law established three preferences for the placement of Native children when they are adopted or put in foster care. The court's decision left one important question unresolved--whether the statute's system of preferences for Native adoptive parents amounts to an unconstitutional racial preference. Dissenting from Thursday's ruling were Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito.
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- Supreme Court Upholds Native American Adoption Law The New York Times
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- Supreme Court rejects challenges to law that governs tribal adoptions CNN
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