On Tuesday, November 9, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear U.S. v Vaello-Madero, 20-303. This is not an election law case, but the eventural decision might have implications for election law. The issue is the federal law that grants Supplemental Security Income (SSI) to U.S. citizens living in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the Northern Mariana Islands, but not to U.S. citizens living in any other U.S. territories. SSI is federal welfare for aged and disabled persons.
The First Circuit had struck down the law. Here is the brief of the U.S. government in defense of the law. Thanks to How Appealing blog for the news about the upcoming argument.
EARLIER SCOTUS PERVERSIONS OF 5 AMDT AS HAVING SOME SORT OF EQUAL PROTECTION PART IN DC.
OBVIOUS DIFFERENCES IN AREAS VIA —
WARS
$$$ PURCHASES
OTHER
Are US citizens living abroad eligible for SSI?
WZ —
Slog thru
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/1381
and later sections.
Title 42 – many of the UNCON commie USA spending schemes.
https://www.scotusblog.com/2021/11/in-equal-protection-challenge-court-will-review-puerto-ricos-exclusion-from-federal-safety-net-program/
SB story
Puerto Rico is a welfare basket case as it is already. As long as they remain a US territory it gives them free access to move to the mainland, get even more welfare, sell dope, rape and traffic White women, rob, murder, pollute our gene pool, vote in our elections, and press for statehood. We should cut them loose.
Colonialism had the disadvantage of eventually opening the door to third world mud people to flood into White countries and bring us down to their level. What we need to do now is kick the turd world mud people out, send them back to their own countries, institute heavy tariffs and trade quotas, bring back manufacturing and resource related jobs, stop giving turd world countries foreign aid or intervening in their wars.
And yes, that includes all the territories which are majority nonwhite. Time to cut them loose.
Former US territories could become tax havens, if thy are clever enough.
Talon,
I would include DC in that, for the same reasons as Puerto Rico.