NEW: The Supreme Court takes up a challenge to the Indian Child Welfare Act, potentially imperiling a large swath of federal regulations protecting tribes and their members. supremecourt.gov/orders/courtor…
The Supreme Court declines to take up a case denying a "ministerial exception" to employment discrimination law. Four justices—Alito, Thomas, Kavanaugh, and Barrett—say the lower court got it wrong, but the decision may not be reviewable yet.
supremecourt.gov/orders/courtor…
supremecourt.gov/orders/courtor…
Sotomayor dissents from the court's refusal to take up an ineffective assistance of counsel case in which the same lawyer represented four defendants—two of whom testified against the other two. supremecourt.gov/orders/courtor…
Back to ICWA: A divided 5th Circuit held that parts of the law violate equal protection because they favor Indian children's placement with Indian families, and struck down other provisions under the anti-commandeering doctrine. cases.justia.com/federal/appell…
From the dissent:
From the dissent:
But the ICWA case isn't just about Indian children. It's part of a well-funded effort by the conservative legal movement to dismantle Native sovereignty and open up tribal lands to oil development, pipelines, and other exploitations. Listen to Rebecca Nagle's THIS LAND season 2.
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