Supreme Court won’t hear American Samoans’ birthright citizenship case

US Supreme Court rejects appeal to give American Samoans citizenship

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal seeking to give people born in American Samoa U.S. citizenship. The court passed up an invitation to overturn a series of decisions dating back to 1901 known as the Insular Cases, replete with racist and anti-foreign rhetoric.

Supreme Court Rejects Appeal to Give American Samoans Citizenship

American Samoa is the only unincorporated territory of the United States where the inhabitants are not American citizens at birth.

US Supreme Court will not reconsider birthright citizenship for American Samoans

The US Supreme Court Monday declined to consider whether people born in American Samoa are entitled to birthright citizenship under the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Currently, people born in American Samoa can apply for US citizenship but do not receive it automatically at birth.“The Justices continue to avoid answering basic questions about what rights people from U.S. territories can expect,” Plaintiff John Fitisemanu commen…

Court Rejects Appeal to Give American Samoans Citizenship

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal seeking to give people born in American Samoa U.S. citizenship. In leaving in place an appeals court decision, the court also passed up an invitation to overturn a series of decisions dating back to 1901 known as the Insular Cases, replete with racist and anti-foreign rhetoric. Justice Neil Gorsuch had called for the cases to be overturned in April. But the justices refused to take up an appeal from…

US Supreme Court's Decision Not To Hear American Samoa Citizenship Case Gets Mixed Reaction

Advocates had hoped the case would be a chance for the court to overturn racist case law that affects residents of all U.S. territories.

High court rejects appeal to give American Samoans citizenship

The justices refused to take up an appeal from people born in American Samoa who live in Utah.