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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Seal_of_American_Samoa.svg/140px-Seal_of_American_Samoa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="140" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Seal_of_American_Samoa.svg/210px-Seal_of_American_Samoa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Seal_of_American_Samoa.svg/280px-Seal_of_American_Samoa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="376" data-file-height="376" /></a></span></th></tr><tr><th style="border-bottom: #aaa 1px solid"></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_American_Samoa" title="Government of American Samoa">Executive</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_American_Samoa" title="List of governors of American Samoa">Governor</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Lemanu_Peleti_Mauga" title="Lemanu Peleti Mauga">Lemanu Peleti Mauga</a></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_American_Samoa" title="Lieutenant Governor of American Samoa">Lieutenant Governor</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Salo_Ale" class="mw-redirect" title="Salo Ale">Salo Ale</a></dd></dl></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/American_Samoa_Fono" title="American Samoa Fono">Legislature</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Samoa_Senate" title="American Samoa Senate">Senate</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_the_American_Samoa_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Presidents of the American Samoa Senate">President</a></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Samoa_House_of_Representatives" title="American Samoa House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_American_Samoa_House_of_Representatives" title="Speaker of the American Samoa House of Representatives">Speaker</a></dd></dl></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_American_Samoa" title="Judiciary of American Samoa">Judiciary</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/High_Court_of_American_Samoa" title="High Court of American Samoa">High Court</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)">Law and custom</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_American_Samoa" title="Constitution of American Samoa">Constitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fa%CA%BBa_S%C4%81moa" title="Faʻa Sāmoa">Faʻa Sāmoa</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Fa%CA%BBamatai" title="Faʻamatai">Faʻamatai</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/%CA%BBAiga" title="ʻAiga">ʻAiga</a></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_American_Samoa" title="LGBT rights in American Samoa">LGBT rights</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Fa%CA%BBafafine" title="Faʻafafine">Faʻafafine</a></dd></dl></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)">External affairs</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Samoa%27s_at-large_congressional_district" title="American Samoa&#39;s at-large congressional district">Congressional delegate</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Amata_Coleman_Radewagen" title="Amata Coleman Radewagen">Amata Coleman Radewagen</a></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_nationality_law" title="United States nationality law">Nationality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visa_policy_of_the_United_States#American_Samoa" title="Visa policy of the United States">Visa policy</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_American_Samoa" title="Administrative divisions of American Samoa">Administrative divisions</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Western_District,_American_Samoa" title="Western District, American Samoa">Western District</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Lealataua_County" title="Lealataua County">Lealataua</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Fofo_County&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Fofo County (page does not exist)">Fofo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leasina_County" title="Leasina County">Leasina</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tualatai_County" title="Tualatai County">Tualatai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tualauta_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Tualauta County">Tualauta</a></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_District,_American_Samoa" title="Eastern District, American Samoa">Eastern District</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Ituau_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Ituau County">Ituʻau</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maoputasi_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Maoputasi County">Maʻoputasi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vaifanua_County" title="Vaifanua County">Vaifanua</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sua_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Sua County">Sua</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sa%CA%BBole_County" title="Saʻole County">Saʻole</a></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manu%27a_District,_American_Samoa" class="mw-redirect" title="Manu&#39;a District, American Samoa">Manuʻa District</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Ofu_County" title="Ofu County">Ofu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Olosega_County" title="Olosega County">Olosega</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ta%27u_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Ta&#39;u County">Taʻū</a>, <a href="/wiki/Faleasao_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Faleasao County">Faleasao</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fitiuta_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Fitiuta County">Fitiuta</a></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swains_Island" title="Swains Island">Swains Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rose_Atoll" title="Rose Atoll">Rose Atoll</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_American_Samoa" title="Elections in American Samoa">Elections</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1970_American_Samoan_general_election" title="1970 American Samoan general election">1970</a>, <a href="/wiki/2004_American_Samoan_general_election" title="2004 American Samoan general election">2004</a>, <a href="/wiki/2006_American_Samoan_general_election" title="2006 American Samoan general election">2006</a>, <a href="/wiki/2008_American_Samoan_general_election" title="2008 American Samoan general election">2008</a>, <a href="/wiki/2010_American_Samoan_general_election" title="2010 American Samoan general election">2010</a>, <a href="/wiki/2012_American_Samoan_general_election" title="2012 American Samoan general election">2012</a>, <a href="/wiki/2014_American_Samoan_general_election" title="2014 American Samoan general election">2014</a>, <a href="/wiki/2016_American_Samoan_general_election" title="2016 American Samoan general election">2016</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=2018_American_Samoan_general_election&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="2018 American Samoan general election (page does not exist)">2018</a>, <a href="/wiki/2020_American_Samoan_general_election" title="2020 American Samoan general election">2020</a></li> <li>Gubernatorial: <a href="/wiki/1977_American_Samoan_gubernatorial_election" title="1977 American Samoan gubernatorial election">1977</a>, <a href="/wiki/2004_American_Samoan_general_election" title="2004 American Samoan general election">2004</a>, <a href="/wiki/2008_American_Samoan_general_election" title="2008 American Samoan general election">2008</a>, <a href="/wiki/2012_American_Samoa_gubernatorial_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 American Samoa gubernatorial election">2012</a>, <a href="/wiki/2016_American_Samoa_gubernatorial_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2016 American Samoa gubernatorial election">2016</a>, <a href="/wiki/2020_American_Samoa_gubernatorial_election" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 American Samoa gubernatorial election">2020</a></li> <li>U.S. Congress: <a href="/wiki/2008_American_Samoan_general_election" title="2008 American Samoan general election">2008</a>, <a href="/wiki/2010_American_Samoan_general_election" title="2010 American Samoan general election">2010</a>, <a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_American_Samoa" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 United States House of Representatives election in American Samoa">2012</a>, <a href="/wiki/2014_American_Samoan_general_election#Delegate" title="2014 American Samoan general election">2014</a>, <a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_American_Samoa" title="2016 United States House of Representatives election in American Samoa">2016</a>, <a href="/wiki/2018_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_American_Samoa" title="2018 United States House of Representatives election in American Samoa">2018</a>, <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_American_Samoa" title="2020 United States House of Representatives election in American Samoa">2020</a></li> <li>Constitutional referendums: <a href="/wiki/1966_American_Samoan_constitutional_referendum" title="1966 American Samoan constitutional referendum">1966</a>, <a href="/wiki/1970_American_Samoan_referendum" title="1970 American Samoan referendum">1970</a>, <a href="/wiki/1972_American_Samoan_referendum" title="1972 American Samoan referendum">1972</a>, <a href="/wiki/1973_American_Samoan_constitutional_referendum" title="1973 American Samoan constitutional referendum">1973</a>, <a href="/wiki/1974_American_Samoan_electoral_referendum" title="1974 American Samoan electoral referendum">1974</a>, <a href="/wiki/1976_American_Samoan_electoral_referendum" title="1976 American Samoan electoral referendum">1976 <small>(Aug)</small></a>, <a href="/wiki/1976_American_Samoan_constitutional_referendum" title="1976 American Samoan constitutional referendum">1976 <small>(Nov)</small></a>, <a href="/wiki/1978_American_Samoan_referendum" title="1978 American Samoan referendum">1978</a>, <a href="/wiki/1986_American_Samoan_constitutional_referendum" title="1986 American Samoan constitutional referendum">1986</a>, <a href="/wiki/1990_American_Samoan_gubernatorial_veto_referendum" title="1990 American Samoan gubernatorial veto referendum">1990</a>, <a href="/wiki/2008_American_Samoan_general_election#Referendum" title="2008 American Samoan general election">2008</a>, <a href="/wiki/2010_American_Samoan_constitutional_referendum" title="2010 American Samoan constitutional referendum">2010</a>, <a href="/wiki/2012_American_Samoan_general_election#Referendum" title="2012 American Samoan general election">2012</a>, <a href="/wiki/2014_American_Samoan_constitutional_referendum" title="2014 American Samoan constitutional referendum">2014</a>, <a href="/wiki/2018_American_Samoan_constitutional_referendum" title="2018 American Samoan constitutional referendum">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_party_strength_in_American_Samoa" title="Political party strength in American Samoa">Political party strength</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-below"> <div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_the_United_States" title="Politics of the United States">Politics of the United States</a></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:A_coloured_voting_box.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/01/A_coloured_voting_box.svg/16px-A_coloured_voting_box.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" 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title="Multi-party system">multi-party system</a>. <a href="/wiki/American_Samoa" title="American Samoa">American Samoa</a> is an unincorporated and <a href="/wiki/Territories_of_the_United_States" title="Territories of the United States">unorganized territory</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, administered by the <a href="/wiki/Office_of_Insular_Affairs" title="Office of Insular Affairs">Office of Insular Affairs</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Interior" title="United States Department of the Interior">U.S. Department of the Interior</a>. Its <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_American_Samoa" title="Constitution of American Samoa">constitution</a> was ratified in 1966 and came into effect in 1967. <a href="/wiki/Executive_power" class="mw-redirect" title="Executive power">Executive power</a> is discharged by the governor and the <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_governor" title="Lieutenant governor">lieutenant governor</a>. <a href="/wiki/Legislative_power" class="mw-redirect" title="Legislative power">Legislative power</a> is vested in the two chambers of the legislature. The party system is based on the United States party system. The <a href="/wiki/Judiciary" title="Judiciary">judiciary</a> is independent of the executive and the legislature. </p><p>There is also the traditional village politics of the <a href="/wiki/Samoan_Islands" title="Samoan Islands">Samoan Islands</a>, the <span title="Samoan-language text"><i lang="sm"><a href="/wiki/Fa%27amatai" class="mw-redirect" title="Fa&#39;amatai">fa'amatai</a></i></span> and the <span title="Samoan-language text"><i lang="sm"><a href="/wiki/Fa%CA%BBa_S%C4%81moa" title="Faʻa Sāmoa">faʻa Sāmoa</a></i></span>, which continues in American Samoa and in independent Samoa, and which interacts across these current boundaries. The <span title="Samoan-language text"><i lang="sm">faʻa Sāmoa</i></span> is the language and customs, and the <span title="Samoan-language text"><i lang="sm">fa'amatai</i></span> the protocols of the <span title="Samoan-language text"><i lang="sm"><a href="/wiki/Fono" class="mw-redirect" title="Fono">fono</a></i></span> (council) and the chiefly system. The <span title="Samoan-language text"><span lang="sm" style="font-style: normal;">fa'amatai</span></span> and the <span title="Samoan-language text"><i lang="sm">fono</i></span> take place at all levels of the Samoan body politic, from the family, to the village, to the region, to national matters. The <span title="Samoan-language text"><i lang="sm">matai</i></span> (chiefs) are elected by consensus within the <span title="Samoan-language text"><i lang="sm">fono</i></span> of the extended family and village(s) concerned. The <span title="Samoan-language text"><i lang="sm">matai</i></span> and the <span title="Samoan-language text"><i lang="sm">fono</i></span> (which is itself made of <span title="Samoan-language text"><i lang="sm">matai</i></span>) decide on distribution of family exchanges and tenancy of communal lands. The majority of lands in American Samoa and independent <a href="/wiki/Samoa" title="Samoa">Samoa</a> are communal. A <span title="Samoan-language text"><i lang="sm">matai</i></span> can represent a small family group or a great extended family that reaches across islands, and to both American Samoa and independent Samoa. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Politics_of_American_Samoa&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Government_of_American_Samoa" title="Government of American Samoa">Government of American Samoa</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Government_of_American_Samoa" title="Government of American Samoa">government of American Samoa</a> is defined under the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_American_Samoa" title="Constitution of American Samoa">Constitution of American Samoa</a>. As an <a href="/wiki/Unincorporated_territories_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Unincorporated territories of the United States">unincorporated territory</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Ratification_Act_of_1929" title="Ratification Act of 1929">Ratification Act of 1929</a> vested all civil, judicial, and military powers in the president, who in turn delegated authority to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Interior" title="United States Secretary of the Interior">secretary of the interior</a> in <a href="/wiki/Executive_order" title="Executive order">Executive Order</a> <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Executive_Order_10264" class="extiw" title="s:Executive Order 10264">10264</a>. The secretary promulgated the Constitution of American Samoa which was approved by a constitutional convention of the people of American Samoa and a majority of the voters of American Samoa voting at the 1966 election, and came into effect in 1967.<sup id="cite_ref-constitution_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-constitution-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_American_Samoa" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of American Samoa">governor of American Samoa</a> is the head of government and along with the <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_governor_of_American_Samoa" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant governor of American Samoa">lieutenant governor of American Samoa</a> is elected on the same ticket by popular vote for four-year terms.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The legislative power is vested in the <a href="/wiki/American_Samoa_Fono" title="American Samoa Fono">American Samoa Fono</a>, which has <a href="/wiki/Bicameralism" title="Bicameralism">two chambers</a>. The <a href="/wiki/American_Samoa_House_of_Representatives" title="American Samoa House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a> has 21 members serving two-year terms, being 20 representatives popularly elected from various districts and one delegate from <a href="/wiki/Swains_Island" title="Swains Island">Swains Island</a> elected in a public meeting. The <a href="/wiki/American_Samoa_Senate" title="American Samoa Senate">Senate</a> has 18 members, elected for four-year terms by and from the <a href="/wiki/Fa%CA%BBamatai" title="Faʻamatai">chiefs of the islands</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-constitution_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-constitution-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_American_Samoa" title="Judiciary of American Samoa">judiciary of American Samoa</a> is composed of the <a href="/wiki/High_Court_of_American_Samoa" title="High Court of American Samoa">High Court of American Samoa</a>, a <a href="/wiki/District_court" title="District court">District Court</a>, and village courts.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The High Court is led by a <a href="/wiki/Chief_justice" title="Chief justice">chief justice</a> and an <a href="/wiki/Associate_justice" title="Associate justice">associate justice</a>, appointed by the secretary of the interior.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Other judges are appointed by the governor upon the recommendation of the chief justice and confirmed by the Senate.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Elections">Elections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Politics_of_American_Samoa&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Elections_in_American_Samoa" title="Elections in American Samoa">Elections in American Samoa</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_organization_participation">International organization participation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Politics_of_American_Samoa&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: International organization participation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ESCAP" class="mw-redirect" title="ESCAP">United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific</a> (associate)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interpol_(organization)" class="mw-redirect" title="Interpol (organization)">Interpol</a> (subbureau)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/IOC" class="mw-redirect" title="IOC">International Olympic Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secretariat_of_the_Pacific_Community" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretariat of the Pacific Community">Pacific Community</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Politics_of_American_Samoa&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Political_party_strength_in_American_Samoa" title="Political party strength in American Samoa">Political party strength in American Samoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Samoa%27s_at-large_congressional_district" title="American Samoa&#39;s at-large congressional district">American Samoa's at-large congressional district</a></li></ul> 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href="https://new.asbar.org/code-annotated/4-0105-term-of-office/">4.0105 Term of office</a>, Annotated Code of American Samoa, American Samoa Bar Association.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://new.asbar.org/code-annotated/3-0101-vesting-of-judicial-power/">3.0101 Vesting of judicial power</a>, Annotated Code of American Samoa, American Samoa Bar Association.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://new.asbar.org/code-annotated/3-1001-chief-and-associate-justices-appointment/">3.1001 Chief and Associate Justices-Appointment</a>, Annotated Code of American Samoa, American Samoa Bar Association.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a 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title="Bibliography of American Samoa">Bibliography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_American_Samoa" title="History of American Samoa">History</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2009_Samoa_earthquake_and_tsunami" title="2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami">2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_American_Samoa" class="mw-redirect" title="Geography of American Samoa">Geography</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_birds_of_American_Samoa" title="List of birds of American Samoa">Birds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_mammals_of_American_Samoa" title="List of mammals of American Samoa">Mammals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_reptiles_of_American_Samoa" title="List of reptiles of American Samoa">Reptiles</a></li> <li><a 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style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Airports" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_airports_in_American_Samoa" title="List of airports in American Samoa">Airports</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pago_Pago_International_Airport" title="Pago Pago International Airport">Pago Pago Int'l</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fitiuta_Airport" title="Fitiuta Airport">Fitiuta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ofu_Airport" title="Ofu Airport">Ofu</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Closed" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Closed</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tau_Airport" title="Tau Airport">Tau</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> 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territorial symbols">Symbols</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amerika_Samoa" title="Amerika Samoa">Anthem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_American_Samoa" title="Flag of American Samoa">Flag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seal_of_American_Samoa" title="Seal of American Samoa">Seal</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_American_Samoa" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in American Samoa">NRHP listings</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:NRHP_listings_in_American_Samoa" title="Template:NRHP listings in American Samoa">Template</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Education</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Samoa_Department_of_Education" title="American Samoa Department of Education">Dept. of Ed.</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Samoa_Community_College" title="American Samoa Community College">Community College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leone_High_School" title="Leone High School">Leone HS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samoana_High_School" title="Samoana High School">Samoana HS</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Feleti_Barstow_Public_Library" title="Feleti Barstow Public Library">Feleti Barstow Public Library</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_American_Samoa" class="mw-redirect" title="Religion in American Samoa">Religion</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Co-Cathedral_of_St._Joseph_the_Worker_(Fagatogo,_American_Samoa)" title="Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph the Worker (Fagatogo, American Samoa)">Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph the Worker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congregational_Christian_Church_in_American_Samoa" title="Congregational Christian Church in American Samoa">Congregational Christian Church in AS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islam_in_American_Samoa" title="Islam in American Samoa">Islam</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_American_Samoa" title="Administrative divisions of American Samoa">Districts</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_District,_American_Samoa" title="Eastern District, American Samoa">Eastern District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_District,_American_Samoa" title="Western District, American Samoa">Western District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manu%CA%BBa_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Manuʻa District">Manuʻa District</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_of_the_United_States#American_Samoa" title="List of islands of the United States">Islands</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tutuila" title="Tutuila">Tutuila</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aunu%CA%BBu" class="mw-redirect" title="Aunuʻu">Aunuʻu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ta%CA%BB%C5%AB" title="Taʻū">Taʻū</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ofu-Olosega" title="Ofu-Olosega">Ofu‑Olosega</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rose_Atoll" title="Rose Atoll">Rose Atoll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swains_Island" title="Swains Island">Swains Island</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_American_Samoa" title="Administrative divisions of American Samoa">Villages</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A%CA%BBasu,_American_Samoa" title="Aʻasu, American Samoa">Aʻasu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afao" class="mw-redirect" title="Afao">Afao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C4%80fono" class="mw-redirect" title="Āfono">Āfono</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agugulu" class="mw-redirect" title="Agugulu">Agugulu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alao" class="mw-redirect" title="Alao">Alao</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alaufau&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Alaufau (page does not exist)">Alaufau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alega" class="mw-redirect" title="Alega">Ālega</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alofau" class="mw-redirect" title="Alofau">Ālōfau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amalau_Valley" title="Amalau Valley">Amalau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amaluia" class="mw-redirect" title="Amaluia">Amaluia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%CA%BBAmanave" class="mw-redirect" title="ʻAmanave">ʻAmanave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amaua" class="mw-redirect" title="Amaua">Amaua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amouli" class="mw-redirect" title="Amouli">Āmouli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anua" class="mw-redirect" title="Anua">Ānua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%CA%BBAoa" class="mw-redirect" title="ʻAoa">ʻAoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A%CA%BBoloau" class="mw-redirect" title="Aʻoloau">Aʻoloau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asili" class="mw-redirect" title="Asili">Asili</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atu%CA%BBu" class="mw-redirect" title="Atuʻu">Atuʻu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aua,_American_Samoa" title="Aua, American Samoa">ʻAūa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%CA%BBAu%CA%BBasi" class="mw-redirect" title="ʻAuʻasi">ʻAuʻasi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A%CA%BBumi" class="mw-redirect" title="Aʻumi">Aʻumi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aunu%CA%BBu" class="mw-redirect" title="Aunuʻu">Aunuʻu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auto,_American_Samoa" title="Auto, American Samoa">Auto</a></li> 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Samoa">Lauliʻi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leloaloa,_American_Samoa" title="Leloaloa, American Samoa">Leloaloa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leone,_American_Samoa" title="Leone, American Samoa">Leone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luma,_American_Samoa" title="Luma, American Samoa">Lumā</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malaeimi,_American_Samoa" title="Malaeimi, American Samoa">Malaeimi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malaeloa/Aitulagi,_American_Samoa" title="Malaeloa/Aitulagi, American Samoa">Malaeloa/Aitulagi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malaeloa/Ituau" class="mw-redirect" title="Malaeloa/Ituau">Malaeola/Itūʻau</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maloata,_American_Samoa&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Maloata, American Samoa (page does not exist)">Mālōatā</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mapusaga,_American_Samoa" title="Mapusaga, American Samoa">Mapusaga</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Masausi,_American_Samoa&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Masausi, American Samoa (page does not exist)">Masausi</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Masefau,_American_Samoa&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Masefau, American Samoa (page does not exist)">Masefau</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matu%CA%BBu,_American_Samoa&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Matuʻu, American Samoa (page does not exist)">Matuʻu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mesepa" class="mw-redirect" title="Mesepa">Mesepa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nu%CA%BBuuli,_American_Samoa" title="Nuʻuuli, American Samoa">Nuʻuuli</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nua,_American_Samoa&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Nua, American Samoa (page does not exist)">Nua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ofu-Olosega" title="Ofu-Olosega">Ofu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ofu-Olosega" title="Ofu-Olosega">Olosega</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Onenoa,_American_Samoa&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Onenoa, American Samoa (page does not exist)">Onenoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pagai" class="mw-redirect" title="Pagai">Pagai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pago_Pago" class="mw-redirect" title="Pago Pago">Pago Pago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pava%CA%BBia%CA%BBi,_American_Samoa" title="Pavaʻiaʻi, American Samoa">Pavaʻiaʻi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poloa,_American_Samoa" title="Poloa, American Samoa">Poloa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sa%CA%BBilele,_American_Samoa" title="Saʻilele, American Samoa">Saʻilele</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satala,_American_Samoa" title="Satala, American Samoa">Satala</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Se%CA%BBetaga,_American_Samoa&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Seʻetaga, American Samoa (page does not exist)">Seʻetaga</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Si%CA%BBufaga,_American_Samoa&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Siʻufaga, American Samoa (page does not exist)">Siʻufaga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sili,_American_Samoa" class="mw-redirect" title="Sili, American Samoa">Sili</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taulaga" class="mw-redirect" title="Taulaga">Taulaga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tafuna,_American_Samoa" title="Tafuna, American Samoa">Tāfuna</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Ottoville,_American_Samoa" title="Ottoville, American Samoa">Ottoville</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taputimu,_American_Samoa" title="Taputimu, American Samoa">Taputimu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tula,_American_Samoa" title="Tula, American Samoa">Tula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Utulei,_American_Samoa" title="Utulei, American Samoa">Utulei</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Utumea_East,_American_Samoa&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Utumea East, American Samoa (page does not exist)">Utumea East</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Utumea_West,_American_Samoa&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Utumea West, American Samoa (page does not exist)">Utumea West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vailoatai,_American_Samoa" 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