Baby Veronica "deserves to be treated as a unique, multiethnic individual..."

"... whose best interests are not inexorably dictated by her blood connection to a tribal member."

The [Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl] case has set off alarms among the tribes, and some child welfare experts, who consider the law the “gold standard” in attempting to keep children with their biological parents. Nineteen states and the United States have filed briefs defending the law.