US supreme court upholds protections for Native American children (www.theguardian.com)
Children will continue to be protected under law preventing removal from their tribal communities for fostering or adoption
Children will continue to be protected under law preventing removal from their tribal communities for fostering or adoption
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that U.S. bankruptcy protections override a Native American tribe's sovereign immunity, stopping the tribe's effort to collect on an overdue payday loan taken out by one of its members who subsequently filed for bankruptcy.