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Stacey Plaskett: “I offer my qualified support for House Resolution 279, which acknowledges that the U.S. Supreme Court's decisions in the…”

On the recordMay 11, 2021
I offer my qualified support for House Resolution 279, which acknowledges that the U.S. Supreme Court's decisions in the Insular Cases and the territorial incorporation doctrine are contrary to the text and history of the U.S. Constitution.
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Stacey Plaskett
Democratic · Virgin Islands

Editor's note · Context

Plaskett supports a resolution denouncing the Insular Cases for their racist origins.

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