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United States v. Pedro-Vidal

United States District Court

Decided April 4, 2019No. CRIM NO. 16-778 (GAG)PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GUSTAVO A. GELPI, United States District Judge *58For more than a century United States citizens residing in Puerto Rico - a United States territory1 - have never participated in presidential elections nor in those for voting representatives in the Senate and House.2 Notwithstanding, these approximately 3.4 million disenfranchised United States citizens are subject to the same federal civil and criminal laws as their brethren in the States. The issue now before this Court is whether said democratic fallacy constitutes a Due Process violation which, in turn, precludes the United States from…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Igartua De La Rosa v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1994
  2. Igartua-De-La-Rosa v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2005
  3. Igartua-de-La-Rosa v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2000
  4. United States v. Acosta-MartinezCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2001
  5. Segovia v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2018

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Cobo-Estrella, Esq. v. United States of AmericaDistrict Court, D. Puerto Rico · 2023
  2. FOMB v. Pierluisi-UrrutiaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2023

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