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American Samoa should not become further integrated into the American colonial machine—it should be allowed to reunite with the other Samoan islands it has shared a people and a culture with for thousands of years.

The Supreme Court recently declined to hear a case which sought to overrule the “Insular Cases,” a group of decisions from the early 1900s

The action dashes hopes of American Samoans who were seeking birthright citizenship and leaves intact a decision that breathed new life into distinctions between U.S. states and territories.

The US Supreme Court Monday declined to consider whether people born in American Samoa are entitled to birthright citizenship under the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Currently, peopl...

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…

Is it really that hard to treat people nicely?

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

ABC57 News in South Bend, Ind. covers all of Michiana including St. Joseph, Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaPorte and Marshall counties in Indiana and Berrien, Cass, Van Buren and St. Joseph counties in Mich.

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

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to consider whether residents of the U.S. territories are guaranteed full rights and protections under the constitution, rejecting a case Monday that could have overturned