The custody battle over "Baby Veronica," a one percent Cherokee girl who was adopted by non-Cherokee parents, continues as a divided Supreme Court decided to give her back to her adoptive parents, thus violating the 1978 federal law that prevents the breakup of Native American families.
While four Justices agreed there was no way they could deny Veronica's biological father his rights under the Indian Child Welfare Act, the remaining five -- including Chief Justice John Roberts, who is an adoptive father -- voted that the adoptive parents had been the consistently reliable adults in the girl's life.