February 28, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to take up four petitions challenging a highly complicated en banc Fifth Circuit decision on the Indian Child Welfare Act, with Texas and other opponents claiming the law is unconstitutionally race-based, and tribes and the federal government saying the law draws on political classifications that are backed by the high court's precedent.
October 08, 2021
Twenty-five states and the District of Columbia urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to hear petitions on the Indian Child Welfare Act's constitutionality after the Fifth Circuit upheld and overturned parts of a lower court decision that found the law unconstitutional.
October 06, 2021
Ohio and the Project on Fair Representation each urged the U.S. Supreme Court to hear petitions on the Indian Child Welfare Act's constitutionality after the Fifth Circuit upheld and overturned parts of a lower court decision that found the law unconstitutional.