Constitutional Rights
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The Cult of Advocacy: Comments on the State of Legal Scholarship
by Robert G. Natelson, for Independence Institute.org, 10/23/2023 This posting relates some experiences from my long career writing for legal academic journals.…
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Can Congress Regulate Indian Child Placement?
What is the extent of Congress’s power over Indian affairs? The Supreme Court is considering this question in the case…
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The Original Understanding of the Indian Commerce Clause: An Update*
The Congress shall have Power . . . To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and…
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The Indian Child Welfare Act: An Unconstitutional Attack on Freedom
Adapted from the thesis ‘Philosophical Underpinnings and Negative Consequences of the Indian Child Welfare Act,’ by Elizabeth Morris* PDF: The Indian…
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BRACKEEN GETS CERT
Brief of Christian Alliance for Indian Child Welfare and ICWA Children and families as Amici Curiae Supporting Petitioners BRACKEEN v.…
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UPDATE: Brackeen Partial Victory for Kids, Despite Tribal Leaders Continuing Demand that Congress Retain Plenary Control OVER EVERYONE
Why do tribal leaders WANT Congress to have “plenary and exclusive” power over ALL tribal members? In a land where…
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Letter to Federal Agency re: Missing and Murdered Native Americans
Re: Administration for Children and Families Missing and Murdered Native Americans Framework Dear Assistant Secretary Johnson: We are writing in…
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Tell Congress How to Best Meet the Needs of Native Children
The Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children (also known as the congressional Commission on Native Children,…
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How Founding Fathers Who Loved the God of Liberty & Their Freedom Built the Freest of Free Nations
02-16-2020 – Paul Strand, CBN News PHILADELPHIA – As we celebrate Presidents Day, it’s important to remember the first five…
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The Philosophical Underpinnings and Negative Consequences of the Indian Child Welfare Act
Roland J. Morris Sr., a member of the Leech Lake tribe and a co-founder of the Christian Alliance for Indian…
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Read CAICW’s 2019 Amicus in the Brackeen ICWA case
the ICWA imposes sweeping regulations that are at best marginally related to commerce. The ICWA also intrudes on a quintessential…
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URGENT!! ICWA STRUCK DOWN IN DISTRICT COURT
FINALLY! October 4, 2018 Northern District Court of Texas, Civil Action No. 4:17-cv-00868-0 BRAKEEN v.. ZINKE ICWA DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL Among…
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(Video) The Implications of Native American Heritage on U.S. Constitutional Protections
Three-yr-old Lauryn Whiteshield was murdered a little over a month after her arrival to her grandfather’s home in the spring…
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Declared “Sanctuary” for Children Running from ICWA –
Over the years, we have seen so many distraught families – panicked over what was happening to their children, unsure…
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Lexi is not alone: New BIA rules ensure many children will be torn from their families
RE: Lexi, the little girl torn from her family in California after being labeled ‘Indian’ and subjected to a racist…
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Help Save 6-yr-old Lexi!
URGENT PRAYER: A little 6-yr-old girl was torn from her home Monday, 3/21/16 – taken from the only home she…
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READ THE SUIT – Lawsuit Filed Against the BIA’s New ICWA Guidelines
By Tony Mauro, The National Law Journal May 27, 2015 “A husband-wife team from two Washington, D.C., law offices filed…
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Attorney General Eric Holder’s Dec 3, 2014 remarks in Full
Attorney General Eric Holder Delivers Remarks During the White House Tribal Nations Conference Washington, DC United States ~ Wednesday, December…
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Letter to Eric Holder, re: His ICWA Statement at WH Tribal Nations Conference, Dec 3, 2014
U.S Attorney General Eric Holder Vowed to give Permanent Jurisdiction of Multi-racial Children Across the Nation to Tribal Governments on…
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Sage’s Story: Running from ICWA
Sage was 4-years-old and one of the first children to be hurt by the Indian Child Welfare Act in 1978.…
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Mark Fiddler Explains Adoptive Couple vs. Baby Girl
Adoptive Couple V. Baby Girl, State ICWA Laws, and Constitutional Avoidance By: Mark D. Fiddler (fn 1)~ Minnesota State Bar…
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Spirit Lake Child Abuse: Feb. 11 Letter from Sullivan to McMullen
Tom Sullivan’s response to offensive, child-endangering letter by his Washington DC superior, Ms. Marrianne McMullen February 11, 2014 Ms. McMullen:…
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New Documents from Federal Officials Reveal Apathy for Abused Kids on Indian Reservations
In October, CNN did a segment called “Sexual abuse rampant on Indian Reservation.” Questions were raised as to how and…
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Who is “Stealing” WHOSE Kids?
Every now and then, someone accuses us of being an evil adoption org, “stealing” babies from families. I usually delete…
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Yes – There IS Draft Legislation to Amend ICWA.
Yes, Veronica, there may be no Santa Claus, but there is a God and there is work being done to…
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