BREAKING: Supreme Court delivers win for Native American families in adoption case. The ruling says the law that gives preference to Native Americans in the adoption process does not discriminate on the basis of race, as challengers argued.
Chad and Jennifer Brackeen with their two biological children and Zachary, center, a Native American boy at the center of a court battle, at home near Fort Worth, Texas, in 2019.WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a challenge to a federal law aimed at protecting Native American children while buttressing tribal identity.
The ruling will come as a major relief to tribes, who were concerned that the court would weaken or entirely strike down a law that plays an important role in bolstering tribal identity The challengers are led by Chad and Jennifer Brackeen — a white evangelical Christian couple who sought to adopt a Native American boy — as well as the states of Texas, Indiana and Louisiana. The couple adopted the child after a potential placement with a Navajo family fell through. They are also seeking to adopt the child’s half-sister, who lives with them.
The law was defended by the Biden administration and five tribes: the Navajo, Cherokee, Oneida and Quinault Indian nations and the Morongo Band of Mission Indians.
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