Disambiguation evidence for insular cases doctrine via surface form

"Insular Cases doctrine"


As subject (49)

Triples where this entity appears as subject under the label "Insular Cases doctrine".

Predicate Object
appliesTo American Samoa
appliesTo Guam
appliesTo Northern Mariana Islands
appliesTo Spanish East Indies
surface form: Philippine Islands (historical)
appliesTo Puerto Rico
appliesTo U.S. Virgin Islands
surface form: United States Virgin Islands
appliesTo United States territories
basedOn Insular Cases
constitutionalPrinciple territorial incorporation
coreHolding full United States constitutional rights do not automatically extend to all territories under American control
country United States of America
criticizedBy civil rights organizations
criticizedBy legal scholars
criticizedBy political leaders from U.S. territories
criticizedFor creating a second-class status for residents of U.S. territories
criticizedFor reliance on racist and colonial assumptions in original opinions
definesDistinctionBetween incorporated territories
definesDistinctionBetween unincorporated territories
developedInPeriod early 20th century
hasConsequence residents of unincorporated territories may lack certain constitutional protections
hasConsequence residents of unincorporated territories may lack full political representation in federal institutions
hasEffectOn application of federal laws in U.S. territories
hasEffectOn citizenship rights in U.S. territories
hasEffectOn voting rights of territorial residents
hasPart Armstrong v. United States
hasPart Balzac v. Porto Rico
hasPart Downes v. Bidwell
surface form: De Lima v. Bidwell
hasPart Dooley v. United States
hasPart Dorr v. United States
hasPart Downes v. Bidwell
hasPart Huus v. New York & Porto Rico Steamship Co.
hasPart Ocampo v. United States
hasPart Rassmussen v. United States
historicalContext acquisition of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines in 1898
inForce yes
influencedBy United States expansion after the Spanish–American War
instanceOf United States Supreme Court jurisprudence
instanceOf United States constitutional law doctrine
instanceOf legal doctrine
legalSystem United States law
relatedDoctrine plenary power doctrine
relatedTo Fourteenth Amendment
surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
relatedTo Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution
relatedTo United States colonialism debate
startTime 1901
statesThat only fundamental constitutional rights apply in unincorporated territories unless extended by Congress
statesThat the Constitution applies ex proprio vigore in incorporated territories
subjectOf congressional hearings and reform proposals
subjectOf ongoing litigation regarding constitutional rights in U.S. territories