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The Insular Cases are a series of opinions by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1901 pertaining to the status of U.S. territories acquired in the Spanish–American War. The term "insular" refers to the territories that were islands administered by the War Department's Bureau of Insular Affairs. Today, the legal rulings outlined in the Insular…
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| Insular Cases | is a | creation of a doctrine that allows the United States to acquire and govern non-contiguous territories | 0.90 | text |
| José Julián Álvarez González | instance of | effectively allowed for the Constitution to apply differently.Many legal scholars | 0.80 | text |
| Christina Burnett refer to the Insular Cases as a constitutional justification for colonialism | instance of | effectively allowed for the Constitution to apply differently.Many legal scholars | 0.80 | text |
| annexation of places not within United States boundaries | instance of | effectively allowed for the Constitution to apply differently.Many legal scholars | 0.80 | text |
| Puerto Rico | instance of | This meant that inhabitants of unincorporated territories | 0.80 | text |
| the United States engages in the business of governing other | instance of | nothing wrong when a democracy | 0.80 | text |
| Insular Cases | has impact | The Philippines | 0.60 | section |
| Insular Cases | has impact | World War II | 0.60 | section |
| Insular Cases | has impact | Guam | 0.60 | section |
| Insular Cases | has impact | Puerto Rico | 0.60 | section |
| Insular Cases | has impact | Additionally | 0.60 | section |
| Insular Cases | has impact | American Samoa | 0.60 | section |
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