American Samoa is a U.S. territory 2,300 miles southwest of Hawaii. Like other offshore outposts, including Guam and the Virgin Islands, it is run by the Interior Department and has a U.S.-appointed Governor— H. Rex Lee, an Iowa-born farm economist. In light of its status, how far does the U.S. Constitution cover American Samoa?
In Pago Pago on the Fourth of July, a 400-lb. U.S. construction worker, William C. Brown Jr., better known as Puka (Fat) Bill, was arrested without a warrant for threatening to shoot the Governor. The alleged threat had been made...
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