Tribal Sovereignty Triumphs in Latest SCOTUS Decision

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🗓️ 16 June 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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In a 7-2 decision, the Supreme Court voted to protect the Indian Child Welfare Act.

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0:00.0	Hello, fellow
0:02.9	Two, three, four.
0:06.0	Two, three, four.
0:09.0	Two, three, four.
0:10.9	Two, three, four.
0:14.5	Welcome to a special live reaction episode of Boom Lawyard,
0:19.5	a Rewire News Group podcast hosted by the legal
0:21.7	journalism team that is stunned again. What's happening? I don't know. My name's Imani
0:27.9	Ganty. I'm editor at large at Rewire News Group. And I'm Jess Piclo, Rewire Newsgroup's executive editor.
0:34.2	Rewire Newsgroup is the home, is the one and only home for expert repro journalism that inspires you
0:38.4	to celebrate ICWA surviving because really we didn't see that one coming. And the boom
0:43.3	layered podcast is part of that mission. So a big thanks to our subscribers, a welcome to our new
0:48.2	listeners and viewers and live stream participants. Hello.
0:56.4	Jess, we are two for two. When it comes to the cases that we've been watching and that we said all season was
1:00.5	going to be weaponized by the Fed Sox Six, two for two.
1:03.8	Last week, Roberts surprised the hell out of us by saving the Voting Rights Act.
1:07.6	And then today, Amy Coney Barrett.
1:09.9	Amy Coney Barrett surprised the hell out of us by
1:12.9	saving the Indian Child Welfare Act. So here's what she said. By Amy Coney Barrett, it's not nearly as good
1:20.2	as yours. I'm working on it. I'm working on it. It's a pretty solid Amy Coney Barrett.
1:24.2	Okay. Thank you. Thank you. I'm working on it. So here's what she said. Ultimately, the bottom line is that we reject all of petitioners' challenges to the statute. What? Exactly. I had to read that like three times when I saw that. Yeah, I mean, I honestly read that. I was like, what is going on? And then you were like, did we win? Like, very confused.
1:45.7	This was the case I was most worried about, right?
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