Human Rights Program Presents: “Reconsidering the Insular Cases”
When: Wednesday, February 19 at 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Where: Milstein West A and B, Wasserstein Hall – Harvard Law School
Join leading experts in examining the legacy and ways forward from the U.S. Supreme Court decisions of 1901 that gave only partial constitutional protection to Puerto Rico and other U.S. overseas territories, including American Samoa and the Philippines. Keynote address by the Hon. Juan Torruella, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. See full list of panels and panelists here.
NOTE: Registration required to attend the lunch and keynote address
A Francis Biddle Memorial Panel. Co-sponsored by the Human Rights Program, the American Constitution Society, the Federalist Society and HLS School Advocates for Human Rights.