Commonwealth Draft News Today

Resolution rejecting U.S. Supreme Court Insular Cases heard Joe Taitano II A hearing was held Wednesday for Resolution 56, introduced by Vice Speaker Tina Muña Barnes, which would throw in support for a resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives that calls for the rejection of the “Insular Cases.” The cases are race-based U.S. Supreme Court rulings from the early 1900s that have been used to deny equal rights to residents of the territories. They state that constitutional protect...