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The Court seeks to analyze whether Congress violated constitutional protections by excluding Puerto Rico residents from Supplemental Security Income ( 

Puerto Rico has an underfunded health care system, high levels of poverty and its infrastructure remains devastated by a major hurricane that 

Several residents of Puerto Rico told the federal judge overseeing the island's bankruptcy case Tuesday that they have grave concerns the proposed 

“Puerto Ricans are citizens, and the Constitution applies to them,” Justice Sonia Sotomayor said. “Their needy people are being treated 

Nearly eight million Americans receive SSI payments, with the average monthly benefit totaling $585, according to the federal government. Puerto Rico 

Politicos and the powers-that-be are still shaking the Puerto Rican sand out of their shoes, but the period between the election and inauguration has 

The federal government on Tuesday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a ruling extending Supplemental Security Income disability benefits to 

Liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who is of Puerto Rican descent, pushed back, saying that Puerto Ricans "pay as much taxes, other combined taxes, 

Puerto Rican citizens got a chance Tuesday to express their fears about a massive debt overhaul plan before a judge with the power to decide 

Supreme Court Justices heard arguments in a potentially landmark case on whether Puerto Ricans in the island should be denied some federal