Category: Courts
Federal Court rules American Samoans should be granted birthright citizenship, but some American Samoans disagree
Last week the US District Court for the District of Utah made a landmark decision against the...
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US Supreme Court hears case on Oversight Board appointments, could review the Insular Cases
On Tuesday, the United States Supreme Court’s nine Justices squarely faced the question of where...
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Oversight Board appeals First Circuit ruling to US Supreme Court
The Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico today announced that it will ask the...
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Equally American reacts to SCOTUS review denial, US defense of disenfranchisement
The United State Supreme Court denied review in Segovia v United States, a lawsuit seeking to...
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US Supreme Court and Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to hear US territories disenfranchisement cases
Just weeks after the one year anniversary of Hurricanes Maria and Irma hitting Puerto Rico and the...
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US Department of Justice relies on racist SCOTUS rulings to argue against birthright citizenship for US territories
July 9 marks the 150th Anniversary of the Fourteenth Amendment, which constitutionalized America’s...
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Virgin Islands, Constitutional Law Scholars support review in territorial voting rights case
Today the US Virgin Islands and two constitutional law scholars added their voices in support of...
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Supreme Court appeal In territorial voting rights case gets boost
A petition to the United States Supreme Court seeking expanded voting rights in US territories has...
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Disenfranchised residents of US Territories seek Supreme Court review
Luis Segovia is a United States citizen and a proud veteran who served two tours in Iraq and one...
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Hurricane aftermath complicates Puerto Rico debt restructuring
Puerto Rico, still recovering from Hurricane Maria, is at least $73 billion in debt. Hurricane...
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Judge Swain rules limiting Oversight Board’s powers over PREPA
Federal judge Laura Taylor Swain rejected a request to install a former military officer to...
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The state of courts in Puerto Rico after Maria
Ever since Hurricane Maria, the judicial system in Puerto Rico has been otherwise occupied, no...
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