SCOTUS upholds Native American child protections

Plus, Taiwan's Me Too movement.   SCOTUS rejects challenge to American Indian adoption law; A Netflix show ushers in Taiwan’s Me Too movement. Tonight's Sentences was written by Jariel Arvin. The Sentences newsletter will be off on Friday and Monday and back in your inbox on Tuesday, June 20. While you're not reading the news, give the Vox crossword a try!   TOP NEWS A huge win for American tribes Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images - In a 7-2 ruling, the Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a law granting preference to American Indians in the adoption and foster care of Indian children. [[Vox / Ian Millhiser](] - The decision keeps the 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act intact, which ended the practice of taking Native children from their tribes and placing them with white families and schools to assimilate them into American culture. [[Guardian / Ed Pilkington](] - The law requires Native American adoptees first be placed with extended family, members of the same tribe, or another Native family before an outsider. [[New York Times / Abbie VanSickle](] - A white foster family in Texas challenged the law, arguing it violated their constitutional right to equal protection because it was racially discriminatory. [[CNN / Arianna de Vogue and Devan Cole](] - The Court sided with hundreds of tribes who argued the law was not about race but a political distinction necessary to uphold their sovereignty and prevent the erasure of Native American culture. 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But the bottom line is that we reject all of petitioners’ challenges to the statute, some on the merits and others for lack of standing.” [[Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s majority opinion in the Native American adoption case / NYT](]   WATCH THIS And it could swing the 2024 elections. [[YouTube](]   Read more from Vox [Wes Anderson’s new movie Asteroid City is his most expansive — and most personal]( [Why are there still American troops in Syria?]( [What’s behind Black women’s excessive rate of fibroids?]( [We asked 11 Senate Republicans about Trump’s indictment. It was all over the place.]( [What a new conservative call for “regime change” in America reveals about the culture war](  [Learn more about RevenueStripe...](   [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [YouTube]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Manage your [email preferences]( [unsubscribe](param=sentences). If you value Vox’s unique explanatory journalism, support our work with a one-time or recurring [contribution](. 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