{"id":4584,"date":"2022-11-15T10:10:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T13:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalcasagal.org\/?p=4584"},"modified":"2022-11-18T19:02:10","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T22:02:10","slug":"supreme-court-of-the-united-states-hears-indian-child-welfare-act-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalcasagal.org\/supreme-court-of-the-united-states-hears-indian-child-welfare-act-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court of the United States hears Indian Child Welfare Act case"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fluid_container casa-text-only self\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"subtitle\">November 15, 2022<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"title\">Supreme Court of the United States hears Indian Child Welfare Act case<\/h2>\n\t\t<div class=\"text\"><p><strong>NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Seattle, Wash. \u2013 On November 9, the Supreme Court of the United States heard hours-long arguments about whether the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), passed by Congress in 1978 to prevent indigenous children and families from unjust separations, exceeds the power of Congress to regulate federally recognized tribes. In the matter of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/oral_arguments\/argument_transcripts\/2022\/21-376_pol1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Brackeen v. Haaland<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, amicus or \u2018friend of the court\u2019 briefs supporting ICWA were received by almost half of all states and 27 child welfare and adoption agencies.<\/p>\n<p>During the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/oral_arguments\/audio\/2022\/21-376\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">oral argument<\/a>, three key issues were central to the Justices\u2019 questioning and the plaintiffs\u2019 attorney\u2019s arguments. Justices asked questions about Congress&#8217;s plenary or complete power over tribal nations and whether it applies to family law. Several justices additionally and repeatedly focused their questioning on ICWA&#8217;s third preference for placement in a tribal home, instead of adoption by a non-Native family. Positing that ICWA is preventing non-Native adoptive parents from adopting an indigenous child because of their race, attorneys for the plaintiffs argued rights violations under the equal protection clause.<\/p>\n<p>A Supreme Court ruling on the case is expected by the end of June 2023.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Supreme Court ruling on the case is expected by the end of June 2023. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalcasagal.org\/supreme-court-of-the-united-states-hears-indian-child-welfare-act-case\/\">Read 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