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Stacey Plaskett: “House Resolution 279 could be interpreted as an invitation for the courts to repeal the Insular Cases without giving any…”

On the recordMay 11, 2021
House Resolution 279 could be interpreted as an invitation for the courts to repeal the Insular Cases without giving any rights to sovereign people.
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Stacey Plaskett
Democratic · Virgin Islands

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Plaskett warns that the resolution might undermine rights of sovereign peoples.

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