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Supreme Court Denies Latest Challenge to Indian Child Welfare Act
The US Supreme Court has declined to take up the latest legal challenge to the Indian Child Welfare Act, the 1978 federal law that gives preference to Native American families in adoption and foster care placements of Native children. The denial leaves the law in place after earlier Court decisions also preserved it, and advocates and opponents are weighing what the refusal to hear the case means for future challenges.
Why now: The law has been the subject of high-profile custody and adoption disputes and repeated legal battles, so any Supreme Court decision on it draws attention.
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