Panel discusses territorial rights and racism
“The U.S. has a basic colonies problem by first of all denying that they have colonies,” former Guam Del. Robert Underwood said Thursday. “It denies these areas the core American
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“The U.S. has a basic colonies problem by first of all denying that they have colonies,” former Guam Del. Robert Underwood said Thursday. “It denies these areas the core American
By Eric Bellone, Suffolk UniversityThe 4 million inhabitants of five U.S. territories – Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Northern Marianas Islands, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands – do not have the full protection of the Constitution, because of a series of Supreme Court cases dating back to 1901 that ...
Without equal voting rights and congressional representation, the Americans living in these territories cannot remedy their status at the ballot box.
The four million inhabitants of five U.S. territories do not have the full protection of the Constitution, because of Supreme Court cases.
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