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  1. June 15, 2023

    Justices Rule For Tribes In Native Adoption Case

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the Indian Child Welfare Act, finding that the 1978 law, which was designed to guard against attacks on Native American heritage, does not exceed the government's authority in imposing a standard procedure on child-custody proceedings.

  2. May 24, 2023

    Justices 'Don't Get' Indigenous Families, ICWA Architect Says

    As the U.S. Supreme Court nears a decision on the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act, stakeholders have fixated on the ripple effect the ruling will cause in tribal communities and elsewhere across the nation.

  3. November 04, 2022

    Up Next At High Court: Suing The FTC And SEC

    The U.S. Supreme Court will consider how to properly challenge the constitutionality of an agency's in-house enforcement action, along with the fate of the Indian Child Welfare Act at this week's oral arguments. Here, Law360 previews what's on the docket.

  4. October 17, 2022

    Nixing ICWA Risks Native Heritage, Leaders Tell High Court

    Representatives from several Native American tribes that are defending the Indian Child Welfare Act in the U.S. Supreme Court stepped up their advocacy Monday, using a press conference to call the law a key tool to protect their heritage and warning that its repeal could have dangerous consequences for tribal sovereignty.

  5. October 04, 2022

    High Court Allows Longer Arguments In ICWA Dispute

    The U.S. Supreme Court will hear extended oral arguments next month in a case concerning the federal rules around fostering and adopting Native American children, granting a request in which the government said the closely watched litigation involves "numerous issues of constitutional law."

  6. September 30, 2022

    The 5 Biggest Cases This Supreme Court Term

    The reversal of constitutional abortion protections last term has court watchers wondering: Is affirmative action next? But the lawsuits against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina are far from the only blockbusters on the docket in what is likely to be another landslide term for conservatives. Here, Law360 breaks down five cases to watch. 

  7. August 19, 2022

    Tribes, States, Lawmakers, Profs Ask Justices To Keep ICWA

    Nearly 500 federally recognized tribes and many Native American organizations led a host of amici on Friday urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act, saying that disturbing the law would damage Indian families and could ripple through other important aspects of Indian law.

  8. August 12, 2022

    Tribes, Feds Urge Justices To Back Indian Child Welfare Act

    Five Native American tribes and the federal government urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to uphold the Indian Child Welfare Act, with the tribes saying Congress constitutionally used its power in the law to keep Indian families together and shield tribes from "destruction."

  9. July 18, 2022

    Native American Cases To Watch In 2nd Half Of 2022

    Native American law practitioners will be tuned in to the U.S. Supreme Court arguments on the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act, while also monitoring the en banc Ninth Circuit's take on arbitration in a tribal lending case and the Seminole Tribe's bid to revive its gambling deal with Florida to pursue mobile sports betting.

  10. May 27, 2022

    Texas Asks Justices To Upend Indian Child Welfare Act

    Texas has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that the Indian Child Welfare Act is unconstitutional, claiming the law is race-based and that in enacting it, Congress exceeded its powers to shape Native American affairs.