Rambling Rican: 2022

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Wednesday, November 23, 2022

Rambling Rican Interview - Neil Weare

Rambling Rican interview with Attorney Neil Weare from Equally American (https://www.equalrightsnow.org/) which focuses on advocacy for the Insular cases (i.e. US Territories/Colonies) discussing the latest cases before the United States Supreme Court.

This is an informal discussion about where we are now in terms of legal challenges to the 124+ year old Insular Laws. A century after the Spanish American War and how colonies like the 5 inhabited unincorporated territories (Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, US Virgin Islands and the Northern Mariana Island Territories) still persist without the right to become states and more importantly be equal citizens under the law of the United States.

Neil is part of the Legal team that represented John Fitisemanu who is from American Samoa and recently was denied by the Supreme Court to challenge the fact that he is not an American Citizen just because he was born in American Samoa. We discuss that case and others like it as we try to understand what cases may in the future finally overturn the Insular Cases.

Links: United States v. Vaello-Madero

SCOTUS site - https://www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docketfiles/html/public/20-303.html

Other links: Fitisemanu vs. United States

https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/21a494.html

Video recorded on November 21, 2022

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Tuesday, April 26, 2022

He lost, Puerto Rico is still a colony and what the heck are the Insular Cases?

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A decision on a Supreme Court Case I previously referenced (United States vs. Vaello Madero) has been rendered. He lost. Obviously this is my own perspective but to say that it's still raw is an understatement. A century after the Spanish American War and how colonies like the 5 inhabited unincorporated territories (Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, US Virgin Islands and the Northern Mariana Island Territories) still persist without the right to become states and more importantly be equal citizens of the United States and all of it's laws still baffles and angers me.

This particular video I concentrate on the SCOTUS case regarding the lawsuit from the federal government against a poor disabled Puerto Rican man whose only crime stemmed from a decision made 125 years ago. I talk about some of the written decisions (both concurrences and the lone dissent).

Links:
United States v. Vaello-Madero

SCOTUS site - https://www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docketfiles/html/public/20-303.html

Decision (pdf file): https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/20-303_6khn.pdf

Wednesday, April 20, 2022

I got a haircut!

Just a short video to talk about my new hairstyle and donating hair to Locks of Love.

This video is not sponsored. Just wanted to promote them for when you decide to do a drastic haircut like I did that someone can definitely use the hair to make wigs for Cancer patients free of charge!

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Video recorded on April 20, 2022

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Friday, April 1, 2022

First Generation American as a Stateside Puerto Rican

An overview from my perspective growing up in the United States to Puerto Rican parents on the issue of American Colonialism. I go into detail regarding a Supreme Court of the United States case (US vs. Vaello Madero) and how it affected me personally enough to make this video. Obviously this is my own perspective and I don't know all the ins and outs of this complex issue, however that shouldn't stop me from having an opinion of where we are a century after the Spanish American War and how colonies like the 5 inhabited unincorporated territories (Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, US Virgin Islands and the Northern Mariana Island Territories) still persist without the right to become states and more importantly be equal citizens of the United States and all of it's laws.

This particular video I concentrate on the SCOTUS case regarding the lawsuit from the federal government against a poor disabled Puerto Rican man whose only crime stemmed from a decision made 125 years ago.

Links:
United States v. Vaello-Madero - Oral Argument - November 09, 2021
SCOTUS site - https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/audio/2021/20-303
Oyez website - (video/audio sync of the opening arguments) https://www.oyez.org/cases/2021/20-303

Summary of facts:
https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_v._Vaello-Madero
Strict Scrutiny Podcast - https://strictscrutinypodcast.com/podcast/foreign-domestic-sense/

Other links of media used:
PBS Special: Latino Americans - Puerto Rico to New York - https://www.pbs.org/video/latino-americans-puerto-rico-new-york/
Puerto Rican Mom Reacts to Vtuber Ironmouse part 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2-3gSEMkRg
The United States of America Ordered by Entry to the Union by Gwen Fisher using Doceri Software - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW-AVsR2ckM

Video recorded on March 31, 2022

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Sunday, January 16, 2022

Yes I'm still alive! Update video and project announcements

Published January 15, 2022

Update video on a couple of projects I'm working on for the year 2022.

Video recorded on January 14, 2022

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