Congress to Hold Historic Hearing on Insular Cases Resolution

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Congress to Hold Historic Hearing on Insular Cases Resolution

Congress will hold a historic hearing on Wednesday, May 12, focused exclusively on the Insular Cases, a series of Supreme Court cases grounded in racial discrimination that established a doctrine of "separate and unequal" for residents of U.S. territories.

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