PUERTO RICO

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

Question: Argue either for independence or for statehood for the people of Puerto Rico. Consider why whichever status you pick is preferable to the other alternative and to the present constitutional status.

It has been seen for the first time in U.S., that the courts were to determine the constitutional status of the newly acquired American goods abroad. Article IV, Section 3, the United State Constitution gives Congress the right to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States.

From the standpoint of American constitutional federalism, it is ...