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The Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program is a benefit for older or disabled citizens who are unable to care for themselves. As established by Congress, the benefits available to all citizens of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the Northern Mariana Islands, but does not cover residents of the other United States territories, including Puerto Rico.
The Supreme Court has upheld the differential treatment of residents of Puerto Rico, ruling that Congress was within its power to exclude them from a benefits program that’s available in all 50 ...
The Supreme Court will hear a case about the constitutionality of denying Puerto Ricans on the island benefits they can receive on the mainland. Family who lost federal benefits for living in ...
Congress can prevent people in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico from participating in a federal program that provides benefits to low-income elderly, blind and disabled people, the Supreme Court ...
The Court has the power of judicial review and its decision are considered binding precedent within the jurisdiction of Puerto Rico. The Supreme Court of Puerto Rico also regulates the practice of law in Puerto Rico. The term of the Puerto Rico Supreme Court begins on the first Monday of October and ends in the last week of June of the ...
On 10 April 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ruled that residents of Puerto Rico were eligible for SSI benefits, finding that residents of Puerto Rico make substantial contributions to the federal treasury in higher amounts than taxpayers in at least six states and the territory of the Northern Mariana Islands. [33]
Puerto Ricans on the island and in Congress criticized a Supreme Court decision upholding the exclusion of certain federal benefits for island residents.
Supreme Court of Puerto Rico; Severo Quiñones Court Chief Justice: José Severo Quiñones (1900–1909) 1898–1899: ... Puerto Rico portal; Law portal