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Biden Administration Defends Racially Discriminatory Adoption Law at Supreme Court

Biden Administration Defends Racially Discriminatory Adoption Law at Supreme Court
Then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh listens during the first day of his confirmation hearing before the U.S. Senate in Washington on Sept. 4, 2018. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images
Matthew Vadum
Matthew Vadum
11/9/2022|Updated: 11/13/2022
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A federal law aimed at preventing non-Indian families from adopting Native American children is discriminatory and unconstitutional and should be struck down, parents told the Supreme Court on Nov. 9.

The Biden administration supported the federal law at the court sitting, while a lawyer representing Texas argued the federal law filled with racial-preference standards is an example of overreach that interferes with state adoption policy.

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