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In an historic move, the U.S. Department of Justice has announced a department-wide policy to “not rely on or seek to extend the doctrine of territorial incorporation established by the

WASHINGTON —  The US Department of Justice is being urged to condemn and cease its reliance on the Insular Cases - a series of US Supreme Court opinions on US territories, which have bee

The Insular Cases are a series of US Supreme Court opinions on US territories, including the Northern Marianas, Guam and American Samoa.

WASHINGTON, D.C.—House Natural Resources Committee ranking member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.; represented by staff) and Congresswoman Stacey E. Plaskett (D-V.I.) were joined by civil rights groups and other allies to

Local leaders and civil rights advocates from across the country are once again calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to disregard the racist and antiquated Insular Cases, a set

Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa’s unique relationship with the United States has attracted interest from law students at Georgetown University in the U.S and resulte

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal seeking to give people born in American Samoa U.S. citizenship. In leaving in place an appeals court decision, the court also passed up an invitation to overturn a series of decisions dating back to 1901 known as the Insular Cases, replete with racist and anti-foreign rhetoric. Justice…

The justices refused to take up an appeal from people born in American Samoa who live in Utah.

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal seeking to give people born in American Samoa U.S. citizenship. The court passed up an invitation to overturn a series of decisions

American Samoa is the only unincorporated territory of the United States where the inhabitants are not American citizens at birth.