Tag: Neil Weare
New fellowship connects environmental justice and democracy in the United States territories
Right to Democracy has launched a new two-year fellowship aimed at addressing the intersection of...
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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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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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Right to Democracy launches to end colonialism in the United States
An advocacy group aims to dismantle the modern-day colonialism of the US territories by raising...
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American Samoa officials side with Biden administration in defense of denying automatic US citizenship in territories
The American Samoan government and American Samoa’s non-voting delegate to Congress Aumua Amata...
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Biden administration chooses to defend Insular Cases
The United States Solicitor General continued to argue that the Supreme Court should not...
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Biden-Harris administration facing stark choice: Embrace or reject racist Supreme Court cases
In the coming days, the United States Solicitor General’s office will have to answer a question it...
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American Bar Association passes resolution supporting equality in US territories
The American Bar Association’s House of Delegates has passed Resolution 404, calling for equal...
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New online petition calls on Biden-Harris administration to reject the Insular Cases
The Supreme Court of the United States has granted the US Department of Justice its request for...
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Supreme Court petition to overrule Insular Cases gets boost from eight amicus briefs
Supreme Court petition to overrule Insular Cases gets boost from eight amicus briefs Following the...
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