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  2. Insular Cases - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 182

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    The Insular Cases are a series of opinions by the Supreme Court in 1901 (the first six opinions in 182 U.S., at pages 1–397, all authored by Justice Henry Billings Brown, along with various concurring and dissenting opinions by other Justices), about the status of U.S. territories acquired in the Spanish–American War, such as the ...

  4. List of United States Supreme Court cases by the Taft Court

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    sometimes considered one of the Insular Cases: United States v. Moreland: 258 U.S. 433 (1922) Fifth Amendment, hard labor in prison Child Labor Tax Case: 259 U.S. 20 (1922) docket title Bailey v. Drexel Furniture Co., found the Child Labor Tax Law of 1919 was not a valid use of Congress' power under the Taxing and Spending Clause: Hill v. Wallace

  5. Lawmakers seek disavowal of Supreme Court's racist 'Insular ...

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    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 ...

  6. Civil rights groups call on House to pass resolution against ...

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    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 ...

  7. List of United States Supreme Court cases by the Fuller Court

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    sometimes considered one of the Insular Cases: Lochner v. New York: 198 U.S. 45 (1905) freedom of contract, substantive due process Harris v. Balk: 198 U.S. 215 (1905) quasi in rem jurisdiction Chicago Board of Trade v. Christie Grain: 198 U.S. 236 (1905) upholding power of Chicago Board of Trade to regulate futures contracts: United States v ...

  8. Supreme Court declines to consider overturning racist ... - AOL

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    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."

  9. DeLima v. Bidwell - Wikipedia

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    Bidwell, 182 U.S. 1 (1901), was one of a group of the first Insular Cases decided by the US Supreme Court. The case was argued on January 8–11, 1901 and was decided on May 27, 1901. Background