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Cite as:  599 U. S. ____ (2023) 

1 

ALITO, J., dissenting 

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 

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Nos. 21–376, 21–377, 21–378 and 21–380 
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DEB HAALAND, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, 
ET AL., PETITIONERS 
v. 
CHAD EVERET BRACKEEN, ET AL. 

21–376 

21–377 

CHEROKEE NATION, ET AL., PETITIONERS 
v. 
CHAD EVERET BRACKEEN, ET AL. 

21–378 

TEXAS, PETITIONER 
v. 
DEB HAALAND, SECRETARY OF THE 
INTERIOR, ET AL. 

21–380 

CHAD EVERET BRACKEEN, ET AL., PETITIONERS 
v. 
DEB HAALAND, SECRETARY OF THE 
INTERIOR, ET AL. 

ON WRITS OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF 
APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT 

[June 15, 2023] 

JUSTICE ALITO, dissenting. 
The  first  line  in  the  Court’s  opinion  identifies  what  is 
most important about these cases: they are “about children
who are among the most vulnerable.”  Ante, at 1.  But after 
that  opening  nod,  the  Court  loses  sight  of  this  overriding
concern  and  decides  one  question  after  another  in  a  way 
that disserves the rights and interests of these children and