U.S. Territories: Separate and Unequal
This program includes an overview of the political status of U.S. Territories, including the implications of the Insular Cases and the territorial “incorporation doctrine” in shaping the inequitable political and economic conditions that exist there. It explains recent Supreme Court Cases declining to overturn the Insular Cases or to confront the arbitrary and unequal treatment of the residents of the U.S. Territories. The program then turns to Congress’ critical role in addressing the plight of the residents of the U.S. Territories and the political process impeding congressional action.
Introduction and Welcome:
Wanda Sanchez Day, Co-Chair, New York City Bar Association, Puerto Rico Task Force
Mirna Santiago, Co-Chair, New York State Bar Association, Task Force on the U.S. Territories
Moderator:
Professor Natalie Gomez-Velez, Co-Chair, New York State Bar Association Task Force on the U.S. Territories
Panelists:
Neil Weare, Co-Executive Director, Right to Democracy
Professor Christina Ponsa Kraus, Columbia University School of Law
Professor Emmanuel Hiram Arnaud, Cardozo Law School
Professor Manuel Del Valle, Universidad InterAmericana School of Law, Puerto Rico
Anthony Ciolli, Vice Chair, New York State Bar Association Task Force on the U.S. Territories
Fireside Chat:
Sherry Levin Wallach, Immediate Past President, New York State Bar Association
Susan J. Kohlmann, President, New York City Bar Association
Sponsoring Committee:
Puerto Rico Task Force |Wanda Sanchez Day and Carlos Morales, Co-Chairs
Co-Sponsoring Committees:
Council on International Affairs |Mark A. Meyer, Chair
Civil Rights | Kathleen Rubenstein and Kevin Jason, Co-Chairs
Rule of Law Task Force |Marcy Kahn, Chair
Senior Lawyers | Diane Fener and Gertrude Pfaffenbach, Co-Chairs
Co-Sponsoring Organizations:
Task Force on the Territories, New York State Bar Association
Right to Democracy
Puerto Rican Bar Association
Hispanic National Bar Association
Organizacion Latino Americana (OLA) of Eastern Long Island
