Hermandad de Empleados del Fondo del Seguro del Estado, et al. v. United States, et al.
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Whether Petitioners, as residents and registered voters in Puerto Rico, have suffered an Article III injury in fact when Congress enacted PROMESA and disenfranchised them and the People of Puerto Rico in violation of the 1st, Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
2. Whether the impairment of Petitioners' collective bargaining agreements is redressable by declaring PROMESA unconstitutional for violating the due process of law clauses of the 5th and 14th Amendments.
3. Whether Petitioners have standing to allege that PROMESA is unconstitutional under the 13th Amendment for being enacted pursuant to the Territories Clause as interpreted in the Insular Cases, which established a distinction between incorporated and unincorporated territories based on race.
4. Whether Petitioners have standing to allege that PROMESA is unconstitutional under the 15th Amendment for depriving them and the People of Puerto Rico of their voting rights based on race as interpreted in the Insular Cases.
5. Since Petitioners' disenfranchisement is a consequence of Puerto Rico's status as a colony, whether Petitioners have standing to request the court to declare that Puerto Rico is subject to be decolonized under international law.
Whether Petitioners have standing to challenge the constitutionality of PROMESA