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The term "insular" refers to the fact that the government operated under the authority of the Bureau of Insular Affairs. Puerto Rico also had an insular government at this time. From 1901 to 1922, the U.S. Supreme Court wrestled with the constitutional status of these governments in the Insular Cases. [12] In Dorr v.
The Insular Cases have also been criticized for having been inconsistent in application between the two largest insular territories, the Philippines and Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico was seen as "an important geo-strategic asset" [ 27 ] for emerging U.S. imperialism and a gateway to Latin America, while insular control over the Philippines was a ...
Alexander A. Krivenko v. The Register of Deeds, City of Manila (G.R. No. L-630) [2] was a landmark case decided by the Philippine Supreme Court, which further solidified the prohibition of the Philippine Constitution that aliens may not acquire private or public agricultural lands, including residential lands. The decision was promulgated on ...
The resolution, introduced in 2021, would repudiate the so-called “Insular Cases,” a series of Supreme Court decisions that decreed limits to the… Civil rights groups call on House to pass ...
The Insular Cases were a series of rulings issued in the 1900s, soon after the U.S. had acquired Puerto Rico and other territories, in which the court said people in those jurisdictions did not ...
The political dispute has been characterized by the conflict between the upper and lower houses of the Congress of the Philippines. The House of Representatives is in favor of amending the constitution, while the Senate is opposed to it, [ 4 ] [ 5 ] with the latter being supported by several high profile politicians such as former president and ...
The 1902 Philippine Organic Act was a constitution for the Insular Government, as the U.S. civil administration was known. This was a form of territorial government that reported to the Bureau of Insular Affairs. The act provided for a governor-general appointed by the U.S. president and an elected lower house, the Philippine Assembly. It also ...
The Supreme Court declined to consider whether American Samoans have U.S. citizenship at birth, a case that would have provided a review of the "Insular Cases."