Balzac v. Porto Rico

Target entity: Balzac v. Porto Rico
Context triple: [Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution, citedInCase, Balzac v. Porto Rico]

• A. The Prize Cases
  The Prize Cases were a landmark 1863 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld President Abraham Lincoln’s authority to blockade Confederate ports without a formal declaration of war, expanding the scope of executive war powers.
• B. De Canas v. Bica
  De Canas v. Bica is a 1976 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld a California law regulating the employment of unauthorized immigrants, holding that not all state regulations touching on immigration are preempted by federal law.
• C. United States v. Kagama
  United States v. Kagama is an 1886 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld federal authority over crimes committed by Native Americans on reservations, reinforcing congressional power in Indian affairs.
• D. The Paquete Habana
  The Paquete Habana is a landmark 1900 U.S. Supreme Court case that established that customary international law is part of U.S. law, holding that small coastal fishing vessels are exempt from capture as prizes of war.
• E. Trial of the Twenty-One
  The Trial of the Twenty-One was a 1938 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which prominent Old Bolsheviks and party leaders were accused of treason and executed, marking one of the most infamous episodes of Stalin’s Great Purge.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Balzac v. Porto Rico
Target entity description: Balzac v. Porto Rico is a 1922 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held certain constitutional rights, including the right to a jury trial, do not automatically apply in unincorporated territories such as Puerto Rico.

• A. The Prize Cases
  The Prize Cases were a landmark 1863 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld President Abraham Lincoln’s authority to blockade Confederate ports without a formal declaration of war, expanding the scope of executive war powers.
• B. De Canas v. Bica
  De Canas v. Bica is a 1976 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld a California law regulating the employment of unauthorized immigrants, holding that not all state regulations touching on immigration are preempted by federal law.
• C. United States v. Kagama
  United States v. Kagama is an 1886 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld federal authority over crimes committed by Native Americans on reservations, reinforcing congressional power in Indian affairs.
• D. The Paquete Habana
  The Paquete Habana is a landmark 1900 U.S. Supreme Court case that established that customary international law is part of U.S. law, holding that small coastal fishing vessels are exempt from capture as prizes of war.
• E. Trial of the Twenty-One
  The Trial of the Twenty-One was a 1938 Soviet show trial in Moscow in which prominent Old Bolsheviks and party leaders were accused of treason and executed, marking one of the most infamous episodes of Stalin’s Great Purge.
• F. None of above. chosen