The Supreme Court leaves Indian Child Welfare Act intact
The case pitted prospective adoptive parents and Texas against the act, a federal law aimed at preventing Native American children from being separated from their extended families and their tribes.
Updated June 15, 2023 at 12:24 PM ET
The U.S. Supreme Court, defying predictions, upheld the Indian Child Welfare Act on Thursday, though it left unresolved a key argument raised by the challengers.
By a 7-2 vote, the court upheld the law's preferences for Native tribes when American Indian children are adopted, ruling that the law does not impermissibly impose a federal mandate on traditionally state-regulated areas of power.
But when it
