Some Civil Rights Groups Want Biden To Reject Racist Case Law …Some in U.S. territories want to get rid of the racist legal precedent for treating them differently. But others fear potential repercussions for land and culture.
President Joe Biden’s administration is under pressure to reject racist case law that helps shape the federal government’s relationship with U.S. territories.
But some residents of at least one Pacific territory are concerned about the potential implications of upending the current precedent, which has also been used to justify local laws limiting land ownership.
The American Civil Liberties Union joined several other civil rights groups to send a letter to the Department of Justice this month urging the Biden administration to disavow the Insular Cases.
