Will the Ninth Circuit allow racial discrimination in voting in Guam?

Published August 31, 2014 7:45pm ET



Should Guam residents who are not, like the majority of people there, of Chamorro descent be allowed to register to vote in a plebiscite on Guam’s relationship to the United States?

Most people’s first reaction would be yes. Guam is subject to the United States Constitution, and the 14th and 15th Amendments come down pretty hard against the idea of preventing some people to vote because of their race.

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