The Supreme Court has made headlines in recent years for a variety of controversial rulings — for gutting affirmative action, granting the president broad immunity and overturning the constitutional right to an abortion. As the Supreme Court has moved further to the right (and struggles with a legitimacy crisis thanks to compounding ethics scandals), a growing portion of the U.S.
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A federal report released by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on Thursday found that the barriers constructed along the U.S.-Mexico border during the Trump administration adversely impacted wildlife, the environment and Indigenous cultural sites. The report details the ways in which the 458-mile border barrier that was built from 2017 to January 2021 had a detrimental impact on…
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In a somewhat surprising ruling on Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled to uphold the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), delivering a win to Native American communities by upholding a decades-old law aimed at keeping Native American children from being taken away from their families and tribes. In a 7-2 decision on Haaland v. Brackeen, justices struck down all challenges to the law, “some on the merits…