Justice Department condemns Supreme Court's racist 'Insular Cases'

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WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has taken new steps to condemn a series of racist Supreme Court rulings from a century ago that effectively allowed people living in U.S. territories to be treated like second-class citizens.

, who is ranking member of the House Natural Resources Committee and helped organize the letter, said in a statement. “This is an important step towards the Supreme Court finally overruling these discriminatory decisions, which have served to justify the denial of equal rights and self-determination to communities of color in U.S. territories for nearly 125 years,' he added. Sen. Dick Durbin, D.

 

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