Insular Cases
Court case
The Insular Cases are a series of opinions by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1901 about the status of U.S. territories acquired in the Spanish–American War. Some scholars also include cases regarding territorial status decided up until... Wikipedia
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In the early Insular Cases, the Court held that Hawai'i,. Puerto Rico, and the Philippines were unincorporated territories when they were acquired in 1898.
Jun 8, 2022 · The political illegitimacy of unrepresentative federal rule over their inhabitants had been justified by the shared understanding, confirmed by ...
Feb 12, 2024 · 20 This opinion exemplifies the doctrine of Insular Cases regarding the selective application of constitutional rights to territories. The ...
Aug 22, 2023 · The letter further urges Biden to condemn the colonial regime the Insular Cases continue to foster. The petition, which comes 125 years after ...
The Insular Cases began to define the legal status of insular, or “unincorporated” U.S. territories. They decided that citizens of unincorporated U.S. ...
Oct 17, 2022 · The Supreme Court will not reconsider the Insular Cases, a widely criticized and racist group of early 20th-century decisions holding that ...
Thus far, these cases are: (1) Puerto Rico v. Franklin California Tax-Free Trust, (2) Puerto Rico v. Sanchez Valle, (3) Financial Oversight and Management Board ...