Children will continue to be protected under law preventing removal from their tribal communities for fostering or adoption

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/572828

The US supreme court has ruled that Native American children can continue to be protected under federal law against being removed from their tribal communities for fostering or adoption, rejecting a petition from a white couple who argued that the provision was a form of racial discrimination.

  • alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgMEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I’ve been waiting for June with such dread and to see this news, thank goodness. I had to read on multiple news sites to believe it.

    the great thing too is it was a 7-2 verdict, so not a close one here. (obviously Thomas and Alito are fucking ghouls–and unsurprisingly they dissented)