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Supreme Court grapples with Native American adoption law

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The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard a clash over a federal law that gives preference to Native American families and tribes over non-Natives when deciding custody proceedings involving Native children. Four of the court's conservatives are skeptical of the race-based preferences in the Indian Child Welfare Act. The issue arose in Texas after the Navajo Nation intervened to block the adoption of a baby by a white couple. The outcome may depend on Justice Amy Coney Barrett, both a conservative and the mother of two adopted children.

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USA Today

Supreme Court grapples with battle over adoption of Native American children

The law on the adoption of Native American children has divided the Supreme Court in unpredictable ways, including in a high-profile case in 2013.

1 year ago·United States

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The Washington Post

Law on placement of Native American children divides Supreme Court

In oral arguments, Supreme Court justices seemed inclined to reconsider parts of a federal law that prioritizes foster or adoptive parents based on tribal status.

1 year ago

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The Hill

Supreme Court grapples with Native American adoption law

The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard a clash over a federal law that gives preference to Native American families and tribes over non-Natives when deciding custody proceedings involving Native children. For more than three hours of argument, the court grappled with a challenge to the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), a federal law Congress passed […]

1 year ago·Washington, United States

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Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court divided on adoption law that keeps Native American kids in tribal homes

The Supreme Court sounded split on a federal child custody law that sends Native American children to be adopted by tribal families.

1 year ago·Los Angeles, United States

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The Epoch Times

Biden Administration Defends Racially Discriminatory Adoption Law at Supreme Court

A federal law aimed at preventing non-Indian families from adopting Native American children is discriminatory and unconstitutional and ...

1 year ago·New York, United States

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The Korea Times

U.S. Supreme Court weighs race-based challenge to Native American adoption law

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday is set to consider a dispute over the legality of decades-old federal requirements that give preferences to Native Americans and tribal members in the adoption or foster care placements of Native American children. The justices are due to hear oral arguments to weigh a challenge by a group of non-Native American adoptive families and the Republican-governed state of Texas to the Indian Child Welfare Act of 197…

1 year ago·Korea, Republic of

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