'A stain on our country': Call to leave Supreme Court insular rulings in the past
WASHINGTON — The US Department of Justice is being urged to condemn and cease its reliance on the Insular Cases - a series of US Supreme Court opinions on US territories, which have been labelled



![American Samoa educator and environmentalist, Sabrina Suluai-Mahuka (left), who represented American Samoa at Our Ocean Youth Leadership Summit in Athens, Greece, along with a youth delegate from Aotearoa and Sheila Babauta (center), who is a Northern Mariana Islands Environmental Advocate and is a member of the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives. [courtesy photo] Sabrina Suluai-Mahuka with others in Athens, Greece](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/flag_in_athens.jpg?itok=EYSglvxx)
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![Chief Vincent Moody of the US Pacific Fleet Band during an ava ceremony. The US Pacific Fleet Band will also be in the territory from Apr. 30- May 2, and will be featured in several events organized by the Samoana Jazz and Arts Festival- American Samoa, celebrating International Jazz Day 2024. [photo: Samoa Observer Facebook] Chief Vincent Moody](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/pac_fleet_band_ava_.png?itok=ZcYRcCfe)