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The Puerto Rico Constitution at Seventy: A Failed Experiment in American Federalism?
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Introduction “The United States includes five Territories: American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the U. S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico […] the Territory Clause permits Congress to ‘treat Puerto Rico differently from States so long as there is a rational basis for its actions.’” “The answer to appellant’s contention is that the constitution…

