Excluding Puerto Rico from safety-net benefits doesn’t violate Constitution, court says
SCOTUSBlog
APRIL 21, 2022
Share Residents of Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories do not have a constitutional right to receive certain federal benefits that the government provides to people who live in the 50 states, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday in an 8-1 decision. The case, United States v. Jose Luis Vaello-Madero, a U.S.
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