We believe being patriotic non-citizen U.S. nationals is not a second-class status but a unique first-class status.
We want our political status and our rights under territorial law to be decided by our people, our elected leaders.
The Insular Cases have led to unequal application of U.S. constitutional principles in the U.S. territories, which has led to the denial of ...
But Congress has authority to do that, right?
The resolution naturally, therefore, is a nullity without identifying the specific laws of each ruling that it seeks to overturn.
I co-sponsored the Resolution being discussed today because the Insular Cases doctrine denies democracy and equality and reflects abhorrent ...
What we oppose is the wholesale rejection of these cases because we believe such an action will have a lasting impact on the underlying stru...
We deserve nothing less than the full rights of citizenship, with the full application of the constitutional and democratic principles of th...
We must ensure that the needs of the U.S. Virgin Islands are heard.
It is not the Insular Cases that deny the residents of the territories voting representation; Articles I and II of the Constitution do.
American Samoa is unique by virtue that it became the only U.S. territory by deed secession starting in 1900.
The residents of the territories each have their own opinions about their relationship with the mainland.
It is undeniable that the cases contain outdated and racially biased language.
We simply cannot ignore the basic truth that the super majority of people actually living in American Samoa vociferously opposed the case.
Congress has better tools than a House Resolution to make things right.
If anyone is holding onto these racist Insular Cases as a way of keeping Article XII afloat, they may be holding onto an anchor, not a life ...
Yes, they do.
I would like to submit for the record letters from Governor Lemanu Mauga and myself to our counterparts in other insular territories asking ...
