27 Mai 1901 Jahr - Insular Cases

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The Insular Cases refer to a series of U.S. Supreme Court decisions from the early 1900s that addressed the constitutional status of territories acquired by the United States following the Spanish-American War, including Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. These cases arose amid a national debate over imperialism, with proponents arguing for the necessity of territorial expansion and opponents cautioning against the potential implications for democracy and constitutional rights. The Supreme Court's rulings established a framework whereby these territories were considered "appurtenant" to the United States but not fully incorporated, meaning that residents did not enjoy the same constitutional protections as U.S. citizens.

Downes v. Bidwell (1901) that reiterates the alleged inherent differences between United States residents and “alien races”: If those possessions are inhabited by alien races, differing from us in religion, customs, laws, methods of taxation, and modes of thought, the administration of government and justice according to Anglo-Saxon principles may for a time be impossible, and the question at once arises whether large concessions ought not to be made for a time, that ultimately our own theories may be carried out and the blessings of a free government under the Constitution extended to them. We decline to hold that there is anything in the Constitution to forbid such action. These cases are part of a broader jurisprudence framework that institutionalized doctrines such as “separated but equal,”, chastised by civil rights advocates.”

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