Supreme Court To Decide If Indian Child Welfare Act Violates The Constitution

Mealey's (February 28, 2022, 11:10 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Feb. 28 granted four petitions for certiorari and consolidated the cases to review a Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling on the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), including whether the statute’s racial classification of Indian children violates due process rights....