customs and traditions of puerto rico

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110 documents for customs and traditions of puerto rico

- Torres v. Puerto Rico, 442 U.S. 465 (1979)
... cannot be justified by any analogy to customs searches at a functional equivalent of the interna... on people unaccustomed to common-law traditions "may be to work injustice and provoke disturbance ...
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Boumediene, Munaf, and the Supreme Court?s Misreading of the Insular Cases
Professor Kent argues that in Boumediene and Munaf the Supreme Court mistakenly relied on the Insular Cases for its theory that enemies have constitutional rights during military conflict by (i) misreading the Insular Cases the Court cited, (ii) ignoring others that were relevant, and (iii) misunderstanding the relevant historical events.
- Iowa Law Review
- Nbr. 97-1, November 2011
- Boumediene v. Bush, 553 U.S. (2008)
... 1909); see also 2 Bracton On the Laws and Customs of England 33 (S. Thorne transl. 1968) ("The king ... Nation acquired noncontiguous Territories: Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines-ceded to the Unite... territories "with wholly dissimilar traditions and institutions" that Congress intended to govern...
- U.S. Supreme Court

- Savoring Our Melting Pot ; Spring Festivals Celebrate the City's Rich Ethnic Heritage As Immigrants and Their Descendants Strive to Keep Their Connections to Distant Homelands
The bright green shamrocks springing up across the region in preparation for the Irish-American celebration of St. Patrick's Day on Thursday are perhaps the most immediately recognizable ethnic icon we'll see this spring. But they are far from the only one. Italian-Americans will savor pasta and fish dishes at St. Joseph's Day tables Saturday. Next month brings Easter and Dyngus Day celebrations for the Polish community. Every summer is filled with ethnic festivals, from the Hellenic Festival to Juneteenth and the Grease Pole Puerto Rican heritage festival.

..."We have very strong ethnic traditions here in Buffalo," says Rabbi Alex Lazarus-Klein o...Spanish-speaking people from Puerto Rico, Mexico and Cuba began arriving in Western New Yo... fashion and literature, and embraced new customs with African references, including the holiday of...
- Buffalo News
- March 14, 2011
- Washington v. Glucksberg, 521 U.S. 702 (1997)
... of our Nation's history, legal traditions, and practices demonstrates that Anglo-American co...Vacco of New York, Pedro R. Pierluisi of Puerto Rico, Charles Molony Condon of South Carolina, Mar... slaying himself." 2 Bracton on Laws and Customs of England 423 (f. 150) (G. Woodbine ed., S. Thorn...
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Christmas Tree Promotion, Research, and Information Order
This rule establishes an industry-funded promotion, research, and information program for fresh cut Christmas trees. The (Order) is authorized under the Commodity Promotion, Research, and Information Act of 1996 (1996 Act). The Order will establish a national Christmas Tree Promotion Board (Board) comprised of 11 producers and one importer. Under the Order, producers and importers of fresh cut Christmas trees will pay an initial assessment of fifteen cents per Christmas tree. Producers and importers that produce or import less than 500 Christmas trees annually will be exempt from the assessment. A referendum will be conducted, among producers and importers, three years after the collection of assessments begin to determine if Chr...

... to the Board, if not collected by Customs. Importer assessments will be collected throug... suggested promoting Christmas tree traditions of choosing a Christmas tree as a family experienc... District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the territories and possessions of the Un...
- Federal Register Nbr. 76 FR 69094, November 08, 2011
- Rules and Regulations
- Agriculture Department
- Fourteenth Amendment. Section 1: Privileges and immunities of citizenchip, due process and equal protection
... as they have been understood by the traditions of our people and our law." . It should be noted ..., to obtain money from a collector of customs alleged to be in arrears. The Treasury simply issu... Nor could Puerto Rico offer a justification for excluding aliens fr...
- Constitution of the United States (Annotated)
- Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School Dist. No. 1, 551 U.S. (2007)
... knitted together with various traditions and carried forth, above all, by individuals") (O'... by looking to "the established usages, customs and traditions of the people, and with a view to t.... . At the state level, 46 States and Puerto Rico have adopted policies that encourage or requi...
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Gregorio Igartúa-de La Rosa, Et Al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. United States of America, Defendant, Appellee., 417 F.3d 145 (1st Cir. 2005)
... Affairs for the President, Senate of Puerto Rico, was on brief for the Senate of the Commonwea... differences of race, habits, laws and customs of the people . . . which may require action on th... territories with wholly dissimilar traditions and institutions whereas here the basis for govern...
- Federal Circuits
- Unborn children as constitutional persons.
... populations of the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Island Areas are excluded from t... examining our Nation's history, legal traditions, and practices." (301) The Court in Roe failed to ...; each of which may have its local usages, customs and common law. There is no principle which pervad...
- Issues in Law & Medicine
- Vol. 25 Nbr. 3, March 2010