Shortly before the hearing on Puerto Rico’s status held earlier this month, a group of constitutional law scholars from the University of Puerto Rico, Columbia,… Read More »Constitutional Law Scholars Endorse Proposal for Statehood Ratification Vote
Jose Cabrera of the Puerto Rico Star Project wrote in the Honolulu Star Advertiser that Puerto Rico can learn from Hawaii’s experience of becoming a… Read More »Puerto Rico Can Learn from Hawaii
Puerto Rico is a territory of the United States… but just what does it mean to be a territory? The United States formed as a… Read More »What Does It Mean to Be a Territory of the United States?
The short answer: the United States won Puerto Rico in a war. From the landing of Columbus in 1492 until 1898, Puerto Rico was a… Read More »How Did Puerto Rico Become a U.S. Territory?
Much has been written about the boycott of the 2017 plebiscite by the Puerto Rico Popular Democratic Party (PPD), which is unrelated to the U.S.… Read More »The Truth Behind the Boycott over “Commonwealth”
Federal legislation to authorize a plebiscite in Puerto Rico on statehood, on nationhood, or on both — but not on “Commonwealth” — was signed into… Read More »Plebiscite on Statehood, Nationhood, or Both, Not “Commonwealth,” Now U.S. Law
On July 25, Puerto Rico observes the anniversary of its local self-government. On that day in 1952, Governor Luis Muñoz Marin formally proclaimed a Constitution for the island,… Read More »The 1952 Puerto Rico Constitution: A New “Commonwealth” in Name Only
Trick question. Puerto Rico is already a part of the United States in the sense that it belongs to the United States. The question is… Read More »Should Puerto Rico Be Part of the United States?
