SCOTUS decision re: SSI benefits in Puerto Rico

United States v. Vaella-Madero, 20-303

Link: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/20-303_6khn.pdf

SCOTUS reversed a decision of the First Circuit, published at 956 F.3d 12 (1st Cir. 2020). SCOTUS held that the equal-protection component of the Constitution’s Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause did not require Congress to make Supplemental Security Income benefits available to residents of Puerto Rico to the same extent that Congress makes those benefits available to residents of the States.