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Shaping the multipolar era: Foreign Minister Jaishankar outlines 6 diplomatic pillars for India’s global rise

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar identified six pivotal issues for India's diplomacy. India's growing global influence and responsibilities are increasing significantly. Diplomacy must adapt to global talent flow and rapid digital evolution. Engagement with the Global South and civilisational identity are crucial.

The Economic Times · Sep 15

Soumendu Bagchi, Abhilasha Joshi appointed India's next envoys to Iraq, Chile respectively

Soumendu Bagchi has been appointed as India's next ambassador to Iraq, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Monday. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Mar 20, 2024

"As an author of one of these briefs, I am free to admit the lie."

The relationship between scholarly amicus briefs and scholarship

Reason · Nov 19, 2023

Professor Barrett Flunks Brackeen's Lawyers

Justice Thomas would place the burden on the government, and follow a presumption of liberty.

Reason · Jun 17, 2023

Noah Feldman: Supreme Court was sensibly conservative on tribal rights

Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s majority opinion for the Supreme Court in Haaland v. Brackeen is conservative in the good, old-fashioned sense of the word. In upholding the Indian Child Welfare Act, the court reaffirmed precedent and declined an invitation to revolutionize the law with a reactionary constitutional holding. Along the…

Tribune News Service · Jun 17, 2023

States seek to protect tribes’ rights in child custody cases

Worried about a pending U.S. Supreme Court case, some states aim to pass new laws ensuring American Indian children can stay in their tribal communities even if they’re placed in the child welfare system.

Tribune News Service · Apr 21, 2023

"What's Missing in the Brackeen Argument: An Indian Affairs Clause"

I was chatting with Prof. Lorianne Updike Toler (Northern Illinois), and she mentioned some thoughts of hers on this subject, based on her recent University of Chicago Law Review article, The Missing Indian Affairs Clause. I encouraged her to write up a blog post, and she kindly passed along the…

Reason · Nov 23, 2022

Why the Indian Child Welfare Act is Unconstitutional

Well, you can't say that my new book, Classified: The Untold Story of Racial Classification in America, was not well-timed. Last week, the Supreme Court took up the issue of affirmative action in admissions, and directly addressed the question raised in my book as to whether the classifications are too…

Reason · Nov 10, 2022

Texas case could change adoption rules for Native American children, and undercut tribal rights

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a lawsuit challenging the preferences Native American families and tribes are given under the Indian Child Welfare Act.

The Texas Tribune · Nov 10, 2022

Supreme Court divided on adoption law that keeps Native American kids in tribal homes

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices sounded sharply split Wednesday on whether to strike down a federal child custody law that seeks to keep Native American children with tribal families.

Los Angeles Times · Nov 9, 2022