By Melissa Noel· Updated October 18, 2022
The United States Supreme Court declined to hear a case that sought to challenge American Samoans’ lack of birthright citizenship and to overturn the so-called “Insular Cases,” according to NPR.
In Fitisemanu v. the U.S., three American Samoans living in Utah and the advocacy group Southern Utah Pacific Island Coalition asked the court to overturn the Insular Cases due to its racist foundations. The
