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5th Circuit upholds Indian Child Welfare Act as constitutional, reversing lower court

The appeals court overturned a 2018 decision from a federal district judge who ruled that the law, which gives adoption placement preference to Native American tribes, was unconstitutional. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton challenged the law in 2017.

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal in New Orleans.

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