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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Pacific Community of Alaska is calling on Governor Mike Dunleavy to reconsider the state’s criminal prosecution of eleven American Samoan residents of Whittier who have been charged with “voter misconduct” and other offenses after they say they were told by...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Next week, legal experts from U.S. Territories will come together for a virtual panel hosted by Right to Democracy to discuss the recent statement by Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas that the Territories Clause, “rightly understood,” does not “...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — U.S. Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas joined together on Monday to issue a written opinion disputing the view that the “Territories Clause” of the U.S. Constitution provides Congress with “plenary power” over residents of U.S. territories. The...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Right to Democracy (RtD) will host a virtual dialogue “Effects of Militarization in U.S. Territories,” bringing together leading scholars to examine how the rapid expansion of joint exercises, base build-outs, and live-fire training across the Pacific and Caribbean is...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A new educational series by Right to Democracy offers an opportunity to look back at American Samoa’s history as the federal government moves forward with proposals to open waters around American Samoa to deep seabed mining. What is happening in American Samoa today is...