self-determination

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
24-7137 In Re Jack Eugene Carpenter, III 2025-05-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP counsel-consultation district-court-authority evidence-preservation jurisdiction legal-representation self-determination Whether a District Court can exercise jurisdiction and self-determination when a defendant lacks the ability to consult with counsel and preserve evid…
23-545 Achashverosh Adnah Ammiyhuwd Ngola Mbandi, et al. v. Pangea Adventures LLC, et al. Seventh Circuit 2023-11-21 Denied alien-tort-statute civil-rights federal-question first-amendment free-speech human-rights international-law retaliation self-determination standing Whether aliens of the Hebrew Israelite Kingdom/Nation self-determination, self-governing and autonomy, expressive-first-amendment, retaliatory-tort, 4…
23-5407 Corey A. Askew v. Paul Bailey, Sheriff, Berrien County, Michigan Sixth Circuit 2023-08-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP but no text was provided for analysis. Without th but no text was provided for me to analyze. Witho I cannot generate a meaningful question presented I cannot generate the question presented or ident indigenous-rights international-law self-determination supremacy-clause treaty-obligations united-nations Are the self-determination clauses in the United Nations treaties and customary rules of international law to which the United States are a party bind…
21-358 Melvin Keakaku Amina, et ux. v. U.S. Bank National Association Ninth Circuit 2021-09-07 Denied annexation-legality armed-invasion citizenship-status diversity-jurisdiction executive-agreement hawaii-statehood hawaiian-independence international-law queen-liliuokalani self-determination sovereignty-dispute statehood-process Does the State of Hawai'i lack legal existence?
20-8092 Darryl L. Williams v. Kilolo Kijakazi, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2021-05-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-rights contract-rescission contracts-minors government-petition minor-rights null-and-void right-to-alter-government right-to-petition-government right-to-property right-to-pursue-happiness self-determination social-security-administration Right to rescind contract signed as a minor
19-827 Territory of Guam, et al. v. Arnold Davis Ninth Circuit 2019-12-31 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 15th-amendment fifteenth-amendment guam native-inhabitants plebiscite political-status self-determination voting-rights Whether the Fifteenth Amendment permits Guam to invite only 'native inhabitants of Guam' to participate in a potential political-status plebiscite tha…