Tribes, U.S. Government Say Indian Child Placement Law Valid, Constitutional

Mealey's ( August 26, 2022, 1:13 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) is not unconstitutional because it “operates at the core of the” U.S. government’s “trust obligation” to Indian tribes and because “the Constitution expressly authorizes Congress to legislate specifically for Indians,” three Native American tribes say in an Aug. 12 amicus curiae brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the statute amid challenges by some states and adoptive parents....

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