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The Story of Downes v. Bidwell: "The Constitution Follows the Flag ... But Doesn't Quite Catch up With It"

Pedro A. Malavet, University of Florida College of Law

Abstract

A study of the principal decision of the Insular Cases of 1901, which has provided constitutional authorization for the U.S. territorial empire for over a century. The cases were most recently referenced by the U.S. Supreme Court in its 2008 opinion in Boumediene v. Bush.

Suggested Citation

Pedro A. Malavet. "The Story of Downes v. Bidwell: "The Constitution Follows the Flag ... But Doesn't Quite Catch up With It"" Race Law Stories (First ed). Ed. Rachel F. Moran and Devon W. Carbado. New York: Foundation Press, 2008. 111-146.
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/pedro_malavet/11