What Does the U.S. Owe American Samoa?
A fishing dispute with the federal government is raising deeper questions about the island territory’s legal and constitutional status.
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Vice President Joe Biden visited American Samoa in 2016.
When the Supreme Court was first established in 1789, the United States was small enough that the justices could review decisions in lower courts by “riding circuit” literally traveling by horse from courthouse to courthouse to review cases. Fortunately for the justices, Congress abolished the practice in the mid-nineteenth century: The modern U.S. now includes a small collection of island territories scattered throughout the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans a long distance to travel even by modern standards.
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Settlement for abused workers Maui pineapple plantation
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Rodent-infested housing, limited food and water, and physical abuse led to an $8.1 million ruling.
May 19th, 2021
HONOLULU (AP) The U.S. government has collected more than half of a $8.1 million court judgement awarded six years ago to 54 Thai farmworkers abused while working on a Maui pineapple plantation, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Tuesday.
The Justice and Treasury departments collected $4.8 million from Maui Pineapple and its entities, and the EEOC will distribute the money to the workers, said Anna Park, the commission s regional attorney. The agencies will continue to collect funds owed the workers until the full judgment is satisfied, she said. This is not the end. This is the beginning. This was just a nice big chunk that came and gave some relief to the claimants. They ve been waiting a long time, Park said.