The Insular Cases are several U.S. Supreme Court cases concerning the status of territories acquired by the U.S. in the Spanish-American War(1898). The name "insular" derives from the fact that these territories were administered by the War Department's Bureau of Insular Affairs. The cases were in essence the court's response to a major issue of the United States presidential election, 1900, and the American Anti-Imperialist League. Essentially, the Supreme Court said that full constitutional rights did not automatically extend to all areas under American control. The "deepest ramification" of the Insular Cases is that inhabitants of unincorporated territories such as Puerto Rico, "even if they are U.S. citizens", may have no constitutional rights, such as to remain part of the United States if the United States chooses to engage in deannexation.
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The judges on the Supreme Court at the time of the Insular Cases.
Comments (2)
April Shi said
at 10:27 am on Feb 1, 2011
There are different ideas as to which cases are the insular cases. Some think the cases are from 1901-1904 but others belive on the ones in 1901 are the original insular cases
Daniela Plata said
at 10:43 pm on Feb 6, 2011
Nice, a website with more info: http://macmeekin.com/library/insular%20cases.htm
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