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Supreme Court's impact on Indian Country

A busy court term included multiple opinions affecting Native people

The Supreme Court issued final opinions Thursday after a busy term that included cases affecting Indian Country directly and indirectly. Perhaps the biggest opinion was overturning Roe v. Wade’s guarantee of the right to an abortion.

Also on Thursday, Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in to the Supreme Court. She replaced the now retired Justice Stephen Breyer. It's the first time four women will serve together on the nine-member court.

The high court will be back later this year to hear Texas v. Haaland, a case seeking to overturn the Indian Child Welfare Act. Another case the court agreed to hear could change the way elections for Congress and the presidency are conducted by handing more power to state legislatures and blocking state courts from reviewing challenges to the procedures and results, according to the AP.

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