Stephen Kinzer wrote this commentary the Boston Globe on the issues raised by Fitisemanu v. United States and the Petitioners’ request that the Court overrule the Insular Cases. From the piece:

“May the United States rule foreign territories without granting their inhabitants constitutional rights? Yes, according to landmark Supreme Court decisions in the “Insular Cases” more than a century ago. Without those decisions, our overseas territorial empire could not have existed.”

In the interest of full disclosure, I signed this amici brief in support of Petitioners.