48 U.S.C. § 891
Resident Commissioner; election
The qualified electors of Puerto Rico shall choose a Resident Commissioner to the United States at each general election, whose term of office shall be four years from the 3d of January following such general election, and who shall be entitled to receive official recognition as such commissioner by all of the departments of the Government of the United States, upon presentation, through the Department of State, of a certificate of election of the Governor of Puerto Rico.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10
cases, 1982–2016 · leading case: Colon-Marrero v. Garcia-Velez, 813 F.3d 1 (1st Cir. 2016).
Colon-Marrero v. Garcia-Velez, 813 F.3d 1 (1st Cir. 2016). “See 48 U.S.C. § 891 (setting a four-year term for the Resident Commissioner).”
Robert H. Michel v. Donnald K. Anderson, 14 F.3d 623 (D.C. Cir. 1994). “The offices of each of the five delegates were created by statute, see 48 U.S.C. § 891 (1988) (Puerto Rico); 48 U.”
Rodriguez v. Popular Democratic Party, 457 U.S. 1 (1982). “Title 48 U. S. C. §§ 891 , 892 presently provide that vacancies in the elective office of Resident Commissioner to the United States are to be filled by appointment of the Governor with the advice and consent of the Puerto Rico Senate.”
Igartua De La Rosa v. United States, 32 F.3d 8 (1st Cir. 1994). “See Puerto Rican Federal Relations Act, 48 U.S.C. § 891 (Resident Commissioner chosen by "[t]he qualified electors of Puerto Rico”); 42 U.”
Igartua v. United States, 626 F.3d 592 (1st Cir. 2010). “48 U.S.C. § 891 . -51- United States v. Carolene Prods Co.”
Colon-Marrero v. Conty-Perez, 703 F.3d 134 (1st Cir. 2012). “See 48 U.S.C. § 891 . The NVRA, however, does not expressly mention Puerto Rico within its definition of “State.”
Municipio Autonomo De Ponce v. United States Off. of Mgmt. & Budget, 40 F. Supp. 3d 222 (D.P.R. 2014). “48 U.S.C. § 891 . However, as United States Circuit Judge Juan R.”
Igartúa v. United States, 626 F.3d 592 (1st Cir. 2010). “48 U.S.C. § 891 . . "Undoubtedly, the right of suffrage is a fundamental matter in a free and democratic society.”
Romeu v. Cohen, 265 F.3d 118 (2d Cir. 2001). “See 48 U.S.C. § 891 ; see also Juan R. Torruella, ¿Hacia Dónde vas Puerto Rico?, 107 Yale L.”
Michel v. Anderson, 817 F. Supp. 126 (D.D.C. 1993). “§ 1731 (1988) (American Samoa), and 48 U.S.C. § 891 (1988) (Puerto Rico). The office of Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico was established by Congress in 1900 (Act of Apr.”
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