Category: Courts
#TBT: May 22, 2025
On May 22, 2020, the American Civil Liberties Union published this piece on how United States...
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New report says overturning Insular Cases would not trigger new taxes
A new report released by Right to Democracy, a nonprofit advocating for equity and...
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US Department of Justice includes formal policy rejecting Insular Cases in its Justice Manual
In May, the United States Department of Justice took historic action in a letter to Congress in...
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Ban on cockfighting brought to Ninth Circuit by Northern Mariana Islands local
Cockfighting as a practice can be found in many places all over the world. In the Northern Mariana...
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Judge demands mediation in Puerto Puerto Rico Electrical Power Authority bankruptcy case
Tensions between bondholders and the Puerto Rico Electrical Power Authority (PREPA) over its...
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Puerto Rico Electrical Power Authority faces further court battles over bankruptcy
The Puerto Rico Electrical Power Authority (PREPA) is currently in bankruptcy proceedings over its...
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US Department of Justice responds to call to condemn Insular Cases
In April, 43 members of the United States Congress signed a letter for the US Department of...
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The fight over Guam’s attorney general and his role, in context
On February 28, 2024, the General Attorney of Guam announced that his office would withdraw from...
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Julian Assange sentenced in Northern Mariana Islands
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was sentenced on June 25 in a compromise plea deal by a court in...
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How the Northern Mariana Islands still live in the shadow of the Insular Cases
For over a century, the status and rights of the US territories have been determined by a set of...
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Right to Democracy highlights importance of rejecting Insular Cases
Recently, fifteen United States senators and twenty-eight members of the House of Representatives...
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Members of Congress and civil rights groups call on US Department of Justice to denounce Insular Cases
A bipartisan group of 43 House and Senate leaders is calling on the United States Department of...
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