On Thursday, the Supreme Court docket determined Haaland v. Brackeen. This 7-2 resolution upheld provisions of the Indian Youngster Welfare Act (ICWA) that ruled adoptions of youngsters with some connection to an Indian tribe. The opinion, in whole, stretched 133 pages. (Obergefell, in contrast, was solely 103 pages!) Justice Barrett’s majority opinion was 34 pages. Justice Gorsuch’s concurrence, which was joined partly by Justices Kagan and Jackson, was 38 pages lengthy. Justice Kavanaugh wrote a quick solo concurrence. Justice Thomas wrote a 40-page solo dissent. And Justice Alito dropped a pithy ten-pager.
I’ll have rather more to say about this case in a collection of submit. For now, you possibly can obtain the edited model of the case for the Barnett/Blackman 2023 complement. I’ve distilled the case right down to about 30 pages. If you wish to assign this case in school, to be frank, I’d merely assign the Gorsuch and Thomas opinions. The bulk opinion breaks little floor, and goes out of its technique to not resolve questions.
Extra to return quickly–and I nonetheless have to jot down about Polansky, Qui Tam, and Justice Souter!
