The Insular Cases [TEASER]

5-4

Prologue Projects

News Commentary, News, Government

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🗓️ 20 April 2021

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

The hosts discuss the Insular Cases, a series of holdings from 1901 that delineated the Constitutional rights afforded to citizens of US territories like Puerto Rico and the Philippines. And by "delineated" we mean "decimated."

In these cases, and since these cases, the Supreme Court has repeatedly used economic justifications to create and reinforce racist policies that disadvantage and disenfranchise people who live in our country's de facto colonies. Do you love live-fire military exercises, half a millennium of genocidal rule, and not getting to vote in federal elections? Visit scenic Guam!

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0:00.0	If you're looking for a vacation paradise, go south to Puerto Rico.
0:05.8	How about the blue Caribbean?
0:07.8	Hey everyone, this is Leon from Fiasco and Prologue Projects.
0:14.1	On today's episode of 5-4, Peter, Rianan and Michael are discussing the insular cases.
0:19.6	A series of rulings from the early 20th century that set the course for the United States
0:23.8	relationship with its so-called territories, like Puerto Rico and Guam.
0:32.8	The constitutional rights of citizens of these territories have been indisputed since the
0:36.6	United States took control of them.
0:38.5	There have been Patrick attempts to afford people who live in these places some rights.
0:42.2	In 1917, Congress declared all Puerto Ricans to be United States citizens.
0:48.2	But people in Puerto Rico, Guam and elsewhere still can't vote in federal elections, and
0:53.0	the Supreme Court's insular cases and the policies that they've influenced sit at the root
0:57.4	of this inequality.
0:59.1	This is 5-4, a podcast about how much the Supreme Court sucks.
1:07.6	Welcome to 5-4, where we dissect and analyze the Supreme Court cases that have trained our
1:12.9	constitution to fight against civil rights.
1:15.8	Like an mRNA vaccine, trains our bodies to fight against infectious disease.
1:20.6	I am Peter, here with Michael.
1:23.6	Hey, everybody.
1:25.0	And Rianan.
1:26.0	Hi, hi.
1:27.0	Got the vaccine.
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