Professor Vladeck Talks Progressive Legal Philosophy
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Are Social Security Supplemental Income Benefits Available to Residents of Porto Rico?
A porto rico is not a state. It's a territory. And so there was a question as to whether the applicant in this case had a right as an american citizen to receive benefits under the s s i programme. Justice gorsich, of course, no surprise, based on the oral argument, very much wants to state for the record that the insular cases are no longer a good law. Oat case over. Super short opinion eight one,. but justice thomas wade, and with basically a miniature version of a law review article. Do you wangan?
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