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Deputy SG Kneedler is up for the DOJ:
He is arguing that Congress has full authority to regulate the affairs of Indians. Plenary means plenary. Why are we here.
He is arguing that Congress has full authority to regulate the affairs of Indians. Plenary means plenary. Why are we here.
Bottom line: Congress's actions must be rationally related to furthering the interests of Indians.
Regulating placement of children is rationally related to furthering the interests of Indians.
Let's wrap it up and go home.
Regulating placement of children is rationally related to furthering the interests of Indians.
Let's wrap it up and go home.
Alito asks whether or not Congress could prioritize providing Native Americans with covid vaccines and why that's different.
As @Hegemommy just noted to me, the takeaway is that conservatives see Native children as a commodity. This is about a domestic supply of infants.
As @Hegemommy just noted to me, the takeaway is that conservatives see Native children as a commodity. This is about a domestic supply of infants.
*taps mic*
Good morning!
@AngryBlackLady here live-tweeting the arguments in #BrackeenVHaaland, the case that demonstrates there's nothing white folks won't complain about when they don't get their way. They want native children and by George, they'll have them, ICWA be damned!
Good morning!
@AngryBlackLady here live-tweeting the arguments in #BrackeenVHaaland, the case that demonstrates there's nothing white folks won't complain about when they don't get their way. They want native children and by George, they'll have them, ICWA be damned!
The case is more than about the white supremacist urge to steal Native children from their homes and assimilate them, thereby severing their ties to their tribes.
It's also about ending tribal sovereignty. "Native American" is a political designation that means something.
It's also about ending tribal sovereignty. "Native American" is a political designation that means something.
But the Brackeens and the state of Texas want "Native American" to be a racial classification so they can complain that the Indian Child Welfare Act unfairly prioritizes Native American people in the placement of Native foster children.
Tomorrow, SCOTUS is hearing #BrackeenvHaaland. It’s a travesty. We are on the cusp of a legitimate cultural genocide where Native children will be stripped of their heritage in favor of white middle class standards. It’s white grievance on steroids. Don’t believe me?
Read this:
Read this:
Texas is legitimately arguing that ICWA is unconstitutional because it prevents Native children from being raised according to white middle class standards.
That’s literally their argument.
#Brackeen is about more than just the adoption of this one baby. It’s about genocide.
That’s literally their argument.
#Brackeen is about more than just the adoption of this one baby. It’s about genocide.
Tomorrow, @Hegemommy and I are going live after oral arguments to talk about #Brackeen. Please join us!
