This program will discuss the constitutional and legal history of U.S. territories and the Insular Cases. It will examine current legal issues facing U.S. territories in the U.S. Supreme Court and Congress.

This event is co-sponsored by the Virgin Islands Bar Association.  This three-part program series examines how your residency and where you live impacts your rights as an American Citizen. Did you know that if you move to a U.S. territory you immediately lose the right to vote for President and can be discriminated against in … Continued

Description: A three part program series discussing how your residency and where you live impacts your rights as an American Citizen. Parts I and II will focus on voter suppression and its impact on race as it relates to the insular cases. This discussion will include a look at equality and inclusion then and now. Part III is an overview…

This program discussed the constitutional and legal history of U.S. territories and the Insular Cases. It will examine current legal issues facing U.S. territories in the U.S. Supreme Court and Congress.

Mission Statement The Task Force on the U.S. Territories shall evaluate and study judicial decisions and common law, including the Insular Cases, affecting the individual rights and liberties of the people of the U.S. Territories. The Task Force shall review the impact of these laws and policy on citizenship and racism in the United States, … Continued

  From its formative years, the New York State Bar Association has had an abiding interest in the world beyond the Empire State. Beginning in the 1880s, the Association’s annual meetings often included addresses on international law,(1) given by luminaries such as U.S. secretaries of state(2) and foreign dignitaries.(3) These pre­sentations were arranged not merely … Continued

“I’m clean. I’m not supposed to be here. I’m clean.” Derek pleaded with me in the doorway of his room on the locked inpatient psychiatric unit at St. Francis Hospital in Poughkeepsie. He pressed on: “I did my laundry this morning. I brushed my teeth. These other people stink. I take care of myself.” I … Continued

Discriminatory laws still exist in current U.S. law and have significant current implications that all Americans should learn about.