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Sterilization of Latinas has been practiced in the United States on women of different Latin American identities, including those from Puerto Rico [1] and Mexico. [2] There is a significant history of such sterilization practices being conducted involuntarily, [3] in a coerced or forced manner, [4] as well as in more subtle forms such as that of constrained choice. [5]
Oregon Ballot Measure 116, the Independent Public Service Compensation Commission Amendment, was a proposed amendment to the Constitution of Oregon that was decided by voters as part of the 2024 Oregon elections on November 5, 2024.
Measure 116 is one of the three amendments to Oregon's Constitution that will be decided in the Nov. 5 election. Why an independent commission was proposed to determine elected officials' salaries.
Posadas de Puerto Rico Associates v. Tourism Co. of Puerto Rico, 478 U.S. 328 (1986), was a 1986 appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States to determine whether Puerto Rico's Games of Chance Act of 1948 is in legal compliance with the United States Constitution, specifically as regards freedom of speech, equal protection and due process. [1]
Puerto Rico v. Sanchez Valle, 579 U.S. 59 (2016), is a criminal case that came before the Supreme Court of the United States, which considered whether Puerto Rico and the federal government of the United States are separate sovereigns for purposes of the Double Jeopardy Clause of the United States Constitution.
Puerto Rico v. Shell Co. (P. R.), Ltd., 302 U.S. 253 (1937), was a notable Supreme Court of the United States case. The issue was whether a local ("insular") law could be pre-empted by the Commerce clause of the United States Constitution.
The district court allowed the Title VII claims to move forward, but declined to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over the Puerto Rico law claims. The court reasoned that the Puerto Rico law claims would require Szendrey-Ramos to possibly divulge client information in litigation, an action regulated by Canon 21 of the Puerto Rico Code of ...
LatinoJustice PRLDEF, long known by its former name the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, is a New York–based national civil rights organization with the goal of changing discriminatory practices via advocacy and litigation.