,,iv  #aaf? ,,congress  #a/ ,session    
,h4 ,,res4 #fda  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(     
,,repres5tatives  ,octob] #ah1 #bjai,mr4
 ,grijalva 7= himself1 ,miss            
,gonzlez-,coln ( ,pu]to ,rico1 ,mr4 ,san
 ,nicolas1 ,mr4 ,sablan1 & ,ms4         
,plaskett7 submitt$ ! foll[+ resolution2
 :i* 0 ref]r$ to ! ,committee on !      
,judici>y1 & 9 addition to ! ,committee 
on ,natural ,res\rces1 = a p]iod to be  
subsequ5tly det]m9$ by ! ,speak]1 9 ea* 
case = consid]ation ( su* provisions z  
fall )9 ! jurisdiction ( ! committee    
conc]n$  ,,resolution  ,ackn[l$g+ t !   
decisions r5d]$ by ! ,unit$ ,/ates      
,supreme ,c\rt 9 ! s-call$ ,insul>      
,cases re/ on ! same raci/ & e?noc5tric 
assumptions lead+ to ,plessy v4         
,f]guson's infam\s sep>ate b equal      
doctr9e1 t ! legal doctr9e emanat+ f !  
,insul> ,cases has no place 9 ,unit$    
,/ates ,con/itutional law1 & t ! ,insul>
 ,cases mu/ be reject$ 9 _! entirety4   
,:]eas ! ,spani% ,k+dom transf]r$ to !  
,unit$ ,/ates sov]eignty ov] ,pu]to     

,rico1 ! ,philipp9e ,isl&s1 & ,guam     
pursuant to ! #ahih ,treaty ( ,p>is1 :i*
 put an end to ! s-call$                
,spani%-,am]ican ,w>2 ,:]eas ! newly    
acquir$ t]ritories 7 non-contigu\s      
ar*ipelagos sep>at$ by ?\s&s ( miles f !
 ,unit$ ,/ates cont95tal ma9l& &        
inhabit$ by di/9ct nationalities made up
 by peoples ^: races1 languages1        
cultures1 & religi\s beliefs set !m ap>t
 f ! dom9ant ,anglo-,saxon societal     
/ructure !n 9 place 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates2  
,:]eas ! con/itutional "q ( :e!r !      
,unit$ ,/ates ,con/itution foll[$ !     
,unit$ ,/ates flag into ^! new l&s 0    
answ]$ by ! ,unit$ ,/ates ,supreme ,c\rt
 9 a s]ies ( decisions ann\nc$ 9 #aija  
commonly kn[n z ! ,insul> ,cases2 ,:]eas
 ! same ,full] ,c\rt t r5d]$ ! discr$it$
 ,plessy v4 ,f]guson decision 9 #ahif   
also resolv$ ! ,insul> ,cases2 ,:]eas a 
fractur$ ,unit$ ,/ates ,supreme ,c\rt   
f\nd t ! ,unit$ ,/ates ,con/itution did 
n foll[ ! ,unit$ ,/ates flag into ^! new
 f>-flung possessions2 ,:]eas ! ,unit$  

,/ates ,supreme ,c\rt held t ! ,c>ibbean
 & ,pacific possessions 7 n[            
un9corporat$ t]ritories belong+ to !    
,unit$ ,/ates b n a "p ( ! ,unit$ ,/ates
 z t phrase is us$ 9 ! ,uni=mity ,clause
 ( ! ,unit$ ,/ates ,con/itution2 ,:]eas 
"u ! ,insul> ,cases only ^? rights deem$
 to be fundam5tal apply to !            
un9corporat$ t]ritories2 ,:]eas notions 
( ,anglo-,saxon racial & imp]iali/      
supremacy1 toge!r ) ! p]ceiv$ racial &  
cultural inf]iority ( non-,:ite peoples1
 drove ! outcome ( ! ,insul> ,cases2    
,:]eas 9 #aijj1 ! ,ea/]n ,samoan ,isl&s1
 n[ kn[n z ,am]ican ,samoa1 transf]r$   
its sov]eignty to ! ,unit$ ,/ates2      
,:]eas 9 #aiag1 ,d5m>k transf]r$ to !   
,unit$ ,/ates sov]eignty ( ! ,dani% ,we/
 ,indies1 n[ kn[n z ! ,virg9 ,isl&s ( ! 
,unit$ ,/ates2 ,:]eas 9 #aigf1 ! ,nor!rn
 ,m>iana ,isl&s ent]$ into a cov5ant ) !
 ,unit$ ,/ates e/abli%+ ! t]ritory's    
/atus z a self-gov]n+ commonweal? 9     
political union ) ! ,unit$ ,/ates2      
,:]eas ! ,insul> ,cases today negatively

 impact a community ( ne>ly #d1jjj1jjj  
,am]icans liv+ 9 ,pu]to ,rico1 ,guam1 ! 
,virg9 ,isl&s ( ! ,unit$ ,/ates1 !      
,commonweal? ( ! ,nor!rn ,m>iana ,isl&s1
 & ,am]ican ,samoa2 ,:]eas ! doctr9e    
e/abli%$ by ! ,insul> ,cases is /ill us$
 to p]petuate ! egregi\s unequal        
treatm5t ( ,unit$ ,/ates citiz5s &      
nationals 9 ! t]ritories2 ,:]eas juri/s 
& legal s*ol>s h recogniz$ t ! ,insul>  
,cases re/ on reason+ t runs af\l !     
orig9al int5t ( ! fram]s ( ! ,unit$     
,/ates ,con/itution2 & ,:]eas !         
imp]iali/ & raci/ ideologies und]ly+ !  
,insul> ,cases mu/ be reject$3 ,n[1     
!re=e1 be x  ,t ! ,h\se (               
,repres5tatives-- 7#a7 recognizes !     
importance ( support+ equal rights &    
uphold+ ! int]e/s ( ,am]icans liv+ 9 !  
,unit$ ,/ates t]ritories2  7#b7         
ackn[l$ges t ! ,insul> ,cases re/ on    
raci/ & imp]iali/ assumptions t h no    
place 9 ! con/itutional l&scape ( !     
,unit$ ,/ates2 &  7#c7 rejects ! ,insul>
 ,cases & _! application to all pres5t &

 future cases & controv]sies4