Susan K. Serrano

Essay

Intersectional Imperial Legacies in the U.S. Territories

Women in the U.S. territories experience particularized harms often rooted in U.S. colonization and the territories’ political relationship with the United States. This Essay describes how traditional legal frameworks can sharply constrict available remedies and sketches the contours of a rational-basis-with-bite framework for assessing intersectional harms and legacies.

Feb 10, 2025