Does Congress hold power over Puerto Rico through racist, outdated rulings? Lawmakers say yes

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The Supreme Court's Insular Cases use language like 'savage and restless people' and should not be the basis for current cases around Puerto Rico, a resolution argues.

to monitor the island’s finances and negotiate with creditors owed $120 billion in bond and pension debt.

“Promesa relies too heavily on austerity measures falling on the backs of ordinary Puerto Ricans,” Grijalva said at a recent congressional hearing. Grijalva and the other lawmakers supporting his resolution have pointed that in a current federal lawsuit that questions the way Congress chose the financial oversight board's members, those defending the board may point to the Insular Cases to defend Congress' role.

U.S. territories, Venator-Santiago said,"are usually foreign for domestic purposes, and a state for international purposes." He points to the funding of public programs as an example.

 

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We can do better. It’s time to step up & help Puerto Rico!

It’s colonialism American style.

Restless perhaps,savages maybe,but we have enough of those right here.

Sharia is pretty savage. They throw gays off of roofs and make their woman cover their bodies with zero rights. Savage and makes assimilated Americans restless

Is a racist organization?

Please give them full independence. Nothing but problems

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