WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the landmark federal adoption law that seeks to keep Native American children with tribal families.
By a 7-2 vote, the justices rejected a constitutional challenge from a white Texas couple and Texas state attorneys who contended the federal law interfered with state adoption policies and gave preferences to tribal families that amounted to unconstitutional discrimination based on race.
"The bottom line is that we reject all of petitioners' challenges to the statute, some on the merits and others for lack of standing," Justice Amy Coney Barrett said for the court.
