Comments on: Adoptive Couple prevail in ICWA case

By: “I’m a [Muskogee Creek] Native American woman…” - Overlawyered

“I’m a [Muskogee Creek] Native American woman…” - Overlawyered — Sun, 07 Jul 2013 12:30:06 +0000

[…] fought for my right to choose where my child grew up.” [Frances Danger, XOJane, earlier here, etc.] […]

By: Indian adoption, cont’d - Overlawyered

Indian adoption, cont’d - Overlawyered — Tue, 02 Jul 2013 11:15:03 +0000

[…] Cato Daily Podcast on the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Adoptive Parents v. Baby Girl [earlier]. More on “constitutional avoidance” and Justice Thomas’s noteworthy concurrence: […]

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 11:04:58 +0000

The Equal Protection clause: 1 strike and discrimination’s OUT.

~~Indian~~ Child Welfare Act

By: Hugo S. Cunningham

Hugo S. Cunningham — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 10:21:40 +0000

Memo to “fathers’ rights” groups complaining about this decision:
If you want to gain the rights of a father, find a woman who is willing to marry you.

(I sympathize with married fathers and assessed child-supporters who get the brush-off from a biased family-court system, but those are separate issues.)

By: Isab

Isab — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 04:36:49 +0000

My husband is 12.5 percent Chocktaw, which makes both my blond haired, blue eyed kids, more Native American , than this baby.

My husband’s grandfather was half Chocktaw, but not on the tribal roles. Crazy world, isnt it?

By: ed

ed — Wed, 26 Jun 2013 23:53:41 +0000

1.2% — Justice Sotomayor’s idea sounds like some of the Jim Crow laws. If you have “one drop”…

By: Novathecat

Novathecat — Wed, 26 Jun 2013 22:09:31 +0000

How can someone who is 1.2% Cherokee be considered Cherokee? This sounds suspiciously like the one-drop rule for blacks in the old South