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U.S. SUPREME COURT

John Fitisemanu
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S Supreme Court yesterday denied a request by three individuals born in American Samoa and residing in Utah, to review a decision by the majority of the U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, which ruled that citizenship birth on U.S. soil is not applicable to those...
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Washington, D.C. — National media is reporting the latest U.S. Supreme Court ruling that declines to take up the Amerian Samoa birthright citizenship case. The court’s decision to stay out of the matter comes as a disappointment to many who wanted the justices to take the case and overturn a series...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S. Supreme Court will consider during a private session early next month, whether to take up the Petition for a Writ of Certiorari, filed by three individuals born in American Samoa and residing in Utah, to review a U.S citizenship decision by a federal appeal’s...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Government and Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata have argued that the citizenship issue pertaining to persons born in American Samoa, is “an exceptionally poor vehicle for reconsidering the Insular Cases”, and should wait for a case that actually requires...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a 44-page response filed yesterday, the American Samoa Government and Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata, asked the U.S Supreme Court to deny a request by three American Samoans living in the Salt Lake City, Utah to review a decision by the majority of the U.S. Tenth...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A petition by 3 American Samoans calls on the court to overturn the 100-year-old Insular Cases that deemed people in newly acquired territories as "uncivilized." Three American Samoan residents of Utah and a Samoan nonprofit asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to take...
NEIL WEARE
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Plaintiffs in the citizenship case (Fitisemanu v. United States) will take their case to the Supreme Court of the United States after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit denied their petition for review by the full court last week. Neil Weare, president and...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The United States Supreme Court has “denied” the Territory of American Samoa’s petition for a “writ of certiorari” to review a federal appeal’s court ruling, which reversed a lower court decision dealing with the Large Vessel Protected Area (LVPA) in territorial waters....
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Attorneys representing the Territory of American Samoa — through ASG and the Governor’s Office —  are asking the United States Supreme Court to approve its “writ of certiorari” to review a federal appeal’s court ruling, which reversed a lower court decision dealing with...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “The Insular Cases are the problem, not the solution,” declared local attorney Leiataua Charles V. Alailima in May 26th written testimony to the US House Committee on Natural Resources, saying that he supports H.R. 279 — “Insular Cases Resolution — pertaining to “Insular...

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