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29 U. Pa. J. Int'l L. 283 (2007-2008)
The Insular Cases: The Establishment of a Regime of Political Apartheid

handle is hein.journals/upjiel29 and id is 295 raw text is: ARTICLES THE INSULAR CASES: THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A REGIME OF POLITICAL APARTHEID BY JUAN R. TORRUELLA* What's in a name?' TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................ 284 2. SETFING THE STAGE FOR THE INSULAR CASES ........................... 287 2.1. The H istorical Context ......................................................... 287 2.2. The A cadem ic D ebate ........................................................... 291 2.3. A Change of Venue: The Political Scenario ......................... 296 3. THE INSULAR CASES ARE DECIDED ............................................ 300 4. THE PROGENY OF THE INSULAR CASES ...................................... 312 4.1. The Further Application of the Incorporation Theory .......... 312 4.2. The Extension of the Incorporation Doctrine: Balzac v. P orto R ico ............................................................................. 317 4.2.1. The Jones Act and the Granting of U.S. Citizenship to Puerto Ricans ........................................... 317 4.2.2. Chief Justice Taft Enters the Scene ............................. 320 * Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. This article is based on remarks delivered at the University of Virginia School of Law Colloquium: American Colonialism: Citizenship, Membership, and the Insular Cases (Mar. 28, 2007) (recording available at http://www.law.virginia.edu/html/ news/2007.spr/insular.htm?type=feed). I would like to recognize the assistance of my law clerks, Kimberly Blizzard, Adam Brenneman, M6nica Folch, Tom Walsh, Kimberly Sdnchez, Anne Lee, Zaid Zaid, and James Bischoff, who provided research and editorial assistance. I would also like to recognize the editorial assistance and moral support of my wife, Judith Wirt, in this endeavor. 1 What's in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, ROMEO AND JULIET act 2, sc. 1 (Richard Hosley ed., Yale Univ. Press 1964) (1917).

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