Court rejects appeal to give American Samoans citizenship
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal seeking to give people born in American Samoa U.S. citizenship.
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The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal seeking to give people born in American Samoa U.S. citizenship.
A trio of American Samoan plaintiffs are asking the high court to end their status as second-class citizens.
President Joe Biden's administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday not to take up a case regarding citizenship rights for American Samoans despite advocates who say it would give the high court a chance to undo decades of precedent that Justices Neil Gorsuch and Sonia Sotomayor have decried as racist.
WASHINGTON (The Washington Post/Pacnews) — The Biden administration told the Supreme Court Monday that it should not take up a case about citizenship rights for American Samoa even though advocates
A petition by 3 American Samoans calls on the court to overturn the 100-year-old Insular Cases that deemed people in newly acquired territories as "uncivilized."