Letter: Double standard continues in treatment of territories
Some of us who had grappled with political status issues at various times and at various levels on Capitol Hill were not surprised at the Supreme Court’s lack of enthusiasm
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Some of us who had grappled with political status issues at various times and at various levels on Capitol Hill were not surprised at the Supreme Court’s lack of enthusiasm
The Pentagon is increasing its forces on the US territory, but Indigenous residents are fighting back.
Legal experts on Wednesday weighed in on the current status of the U.S. territories, describing them as being “in limbo” for more than 120 years, and that their relationship with
The U.S. Supreme Court on Nov. 9 will hear oral arguments in a case related to the right of U.S. citizens in the territories to participate in federal programs.
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 ...