HRES 279 United States House · 117th Congress

Acknowledging that the United States Supreme Court's decisions in the Insular Cases and the "territorial incorporation doctrine" are contrary to the text and history of the United States Constitution, rest on racial views and stereotypes from the era of Plessy v. Ferguson that have long been rejected, are contrary to our Nation's most basic constitutional and democratic principles, and should be rejected as having no place in United States constitutional law.

Summary

This resolution rejects the Supreme Court's decisions in the Insular Cases (a series of cases regarding the application of constitutional rights in U.S. territories) and recognizes that constitutional and democratic principles apply throughout the states and territories of the United States.

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Mar 2021

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Introduced Mar 26, 2021 Last action Oct 19, 2021

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Oct 19, 2021

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Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

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May 12, 2021

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Mar 26, 2021

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Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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Mar 26, 2021

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1 primary · 16 co-sponsors