Cherokee Nation, et al., Petitioners v. Chad Everet Brackeen, et al.

  1. February 28, 2022

    High Court To Hear Indian Child Welfare Act Case

    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.

  2. December 20, 2021

    Texas Says Justices Must Weigh In On Its Challenge To ICWA

    The state of Texas again has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to review the Indian Child Welfare Act, calling the law an unconstitutional "race based child custody scheme" that requires states to treat Native children "as resources to be managed for the benefit of their race, rather than in accordance with their best interests."

  3. November 01, 2021

    Justices Give Texas Extension In Indian Child Welfare Act Row

    The U.S. Supreme Court has granted Texas another month to defend itself against petitions filed by tribes, states and the U.S. Department of the Interior, urging the court to uphold the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act

  4. October 13, 2021

    180 Indian Tribes Ask Justices To Uphold ICWA

    A group of 180 Indian tribes and 35 tribal organizations are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear petitions on the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act after the Fifth Circuit upheld parts and overturned other portions of a lower court decision ruling the law unconstitutional.

  5. October 08, 2021

    25 States, DC Urge Justices To Restore ICWA

    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.