January 18, 2011 11:42:06 AM
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Economist
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The Insular cases, unwritten but part of the US Const
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We want to hear about your favorite passage of the constitution, and may invite you to follow up on-air or online. Need a refresher? Here it is.
The Constitution is what the Constitution does. WHo has rights? What rights do people have? How is power distributed among the branches of government?
In the Spanish American War ... 1898 the US gained the Phillipines, Guam and Puerto Rico.
Merchants imported goods from those islands after the War and claimed to be exempt from import duties because those islands were not foreign...
The Insular Cases decided the issue of whether the Constitution follows the flag?
This is the key issue for Guantanimo cases.
