Abstract
The right to vote in federal representation is a fundamental aspect of the United States’ democracy, but for some citizens, the right to meaningful federal representation is inaccessible. The legal relationship between the federal government and territorial residents have been skewed by archaic categorization and Congressional inaction. This Note analyzes the legal history of the representation of the residents of Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands and proposes to extend the fundamental right to vote to the territorial citizens of the United States.
Recommended Citation
Andrew P. Remeselnik,
Citizens Without Representation: Hypocrisy in the United States’ Caribbean,
46
S. Ill. U. L.J.
353
(2022).
Available at:
https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/siulj/vol46/iss2/6