Tag: American Samoa

Supreme Court Won’t Hear Case About American Samoans Being Denied Full Citizenship

The Supreme Court on Oct. 17 refused to consider a challenge to an appeals court decision denying full U.S. citizenship to American Samoans. American Samoa, which is roughly 1,600 miles northeast of New Zealand and more than 2,000 miles southwest of Hawaii, became a U.S. territory in 1900. It has a population of about 55,000 but more…


Biden Administration Asks Supreme Court Not to Take Up ‘Insular’ Citizenship Cases

The Biden administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to pass over the opportunity to overrule a series of century-old rulings called “Insular Cases.” Insular Cases deny residents of U.S. territories full constitutional rights by stating that the Constitution applies in full to incorporated territories and only in part to unincorporated territories. In a brief…