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What is Puerto Rico and why statehood? (School Newspaper Publishing)
Statehood is the full implementation of the Constitution of the United States of America, guaranteeing the rights of American citizens residing in Puerto Rico. For critics of statehood, it is a mechanism to create more keep on the island, where 30% of our GDP comes from federal funds and social security. They are totally wrong, this is about claim our rights as citizens and values, not federal aid. Under the current colonial-territorial system denied Puerto Ricans of the two major powers on a sovereignty: (1) the power to elect their rulers, because under this system we can not choose our representatives in Congress, only a Resident Commissioner with voice but no vote in Congress, and (2) our statutory power, is sheltered by a Congressmans/womas that don’t sympathize with the needs of Puerto Rico. We can not vote for president and vice president of the nation, which sends many Puerto Ricans to war and hence the abundant pride by 65th infantry or “Borinqueneers”, for example. Moreover, in our country does not respect one of the basic foundations of sovereignty, our territory, and we are subject under the territorial clause of the U.S. Constitution, which gives Congress plenary power to empower and determine which parts of the Constitution of the United States are valid in the territories under the Treaty of Paris, since we are a territory of America. Statehood, as free association and independence, are non-territorial options, very worthy. But ending the permanent union with the United States or left in limbo and isn’t fair to the 3.7 million of American citizens in Puerto Rico, which support permanent union with the United States under a non-territorial option . Under the law 600 of the Congress of 1950, in Puerto Rico was given the power to write their own constitution (by the way, Congress amended on multiple occasions) and it was not to develop on the status issue, Puerto Rico alone was given the power to create a constitution, the ELA (Estado Libre Asociado in Spanish, Insular Commonwealth in English) is the fictional name given to that constitution. Under Law 600 we became a totally self-government (later in 1953 left the lists of non-autonomous territories of the United Nations) and we became a USA Commonwealth (a territory of the United States which has an autonomous government, but its territorial sovereignty belongs to America). Currently, the organic laws still apply, hence the reason why we keep our American citizenship under the Jones Act. Going back to the above, the territorial clause remains in force and states: "We are from, but we are not part of the United States", as determined by the Supreme Court of the United States in the Insular cases, Balzac v. Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico vs Downes, among others. These were controversial determined by the Supreme Court of the United States to define which parts of the Constitution of the United States applied to overseas colonies. Here are some reasons why Puerto Rico is a colony, and would remain so, so for statehood supporters, statehood is the mechanism more reasonable, fair and equitable to the 3.7 million U.S. citizens on the island. Under statehood, would have to elect our mayors, our governor of any of the two principal parties of the nation and / or minority parties that exist in the United States. But because opponents of statehood, are barely mentioned in the island. Under the sovereign state that we would, we would have a house of representatives, a senate and would continue under a republican system of three branches, judicial, legislative and executive, which would eradicate the contradictions of the Foraker Act, Jones and 600, and under statehood would our power fully sovereign without congressional intervention. But what would change and be more equitable, not only for the economic, if not for the rights of American citizens dedicated to fellow brothers living on the continent and defending the flag? Would be the $ 20 billion federal treasury would receive each January. All this for the delivery of the brothers patriots who have given their lives for the American flag. And finally, we have to choose five representatives from the federal and 2 senators to the Federal Senate, as dictated by the Constitution of the United States. And so says the Constitution in Article 14, Section 1, that no state is more powerful than the other, and that the number of representatives in the chamber is chosen because of the population density of the state. However, the reality is that if Puerto Rico enters the union, the states of California and Texas lost five seats in the chamber between the two and therefore the national equality detractors say they will never give us statehood.
This is the reality, now the U.S. has to be a question, Do you want to Become a multinational states?. That is the question. But if you started with Alaska and Hawaii 50 years ago, do not tell me that the American dream of overseas can not be achieved if it is based on the legal spirit of the Northwest Ordinance, do not give me the story of abandon the dream and the struggle for statehood, because we only have to go one step further as Puerto Ricans to join the national vanguard as fellows compatriots living in the mainland. So we get the desired state 51 and the same rights as our brothers who live on the continent of North America. This is simple, that Congress endorses a plebiscite, to run in the country and this life is going to determine the future of Puerto Rico, but in a fair and democratic action. And if Congress does not approve the decision of the people, the people have the power to amend the constitution, and given the same rights as a state and elect their deputies, this is known as the Tennessee Plan, which is a mechanism used by the citizens of that state in 1796 to force Congress to include them as a state. After six additional territories followed the same strategy in the absence of congressional action: Michigan, Iowa, Kansas, California, Oregon and Alaska. These territories were tired of seeing that Congress did not act, they decided to act themselves. It is a strategy that takes 7-7. But this should not be a mandate from the people and this should be clear. This is a civil rights issue, and congress needs to see that this is a real issue and we want equal rights, equal treatment and equal footing as our fellows living in the mainland. Our star wants shine along the other 50, we are proud Americans. God bless America
Statehood is the full implementation of the Constitution of the United States of America, guaranteeing the rights of American citizens residing in Puerto Rico. For critics of statehood, it is a mechanism to create more keep on the island, where 30% of our GDP comes from federal funds and social security. They are totally wrong, this is about claim our rights as citizens and values, not federal aid. Under the current colonial-territorial system denied Puerto Ricans of the two major powers on a sovereignty: (1) the power to elect their rulers, because under this system we can not choose our representatives in Congress, only a Resident Commissioner with voice but no vote in Congress, and (2) our statutory power, is sheltered by a Congressmans/womas that don’t sympathize with the needs of Puerto Rico. We can not vote for president and vice president of the nation, which sends many Puerto Ricans to war and hence the abundant pride by 65th infantry or “Borinqueneers”, for example. Moreover, in our country does not respect one of the basic foundations of sovereignty, our territory, and we are subject under the territorial clause of the U.S. Constitution, which gives Congress plenary power to empower and determine which parts of the Constitution of the United States are valid in the territories under the Treaty of Paris, since we are a territory of America. Statehood, as free association and independence, are non-territorial options, very worthy. But ending the permanent union with the United States or left in limbo and isn’t fair to the 3.7 million of American citizens in Puerto Rico, which support permanent union with the United States under a non-territorial option . Under the law 600 of the Congress of 1950, in Puerto Rico was given the power to write their own constitution (by the way, Congress amended on multiple occasions) and it was not to develop on the status issue, Puerto Rico alone was given the power to create a constitution, the ELA (Estado Libre Asociado in Spanish, Insular Commonwealth in English) is the fictional name given to that constitution. Under Law 600 we became a totally self-government (later in 1953 left the lists of non-autonomous territories of the United Nations) and we became a USA Commonwealth (a territory of the United States which has an autonomous government, but its territorial sovereignty belongs to America). Currently, the organic laws still apply, hence the reason why we keep our American citizenship under the Jones Act. Going back to the above, the territorial clause remains in force and states: "We are from, but we are not part of the United States", as determined by the Supreme Court of the United States in the Insular cases, Balzac v. Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico vs Downes, among others. These were controversial determined by the Supreme Court of the United States to define which parts of the Constitution of the United States applied to overseas colonies. Here are some reasons why Puerto Rico is a colony, and would remain so, so for statehood supporters, statehood is the mechanism more reasonable, fair and equitable to the 3.7 million U.S. citizens on the island. Under statehood, would have to elect our mayors, our governor of any of the two principal parties of the nation and / or minority parties that exist in the United States. But because opponents of statehood, are barely mentioned in the island. Under the sovereign state that we would, we would have a house of representatives, a senate and would continue under a republican system of three branches, judicial, legislative and executive, which would eradicate the contradictions of the Foraker Act, Jones and 600, and under statehood would our power fully sovereign without congressional intervention. But what would change and be more equitable, not only for the economic, if not for the rights of American citizens dedicated to fellow brothers living on the continent and defending the flag? Would be the $ 20 billion federal treasury would receive each January. All this for the delivery of the brothers patriots who have given their lives for the American flag. And finally, we have to choose five representatives from the federal and 2 senators to the Federal Senate, as dictated by the Constitution of the United States. And so says the Constitution in Article 14, Section 1, that no state is more powerful than the other, and that the number of representatives in the chamber is chosen because of the population density of the state. However, the reality is that if Puerto Rico enters the union, the states of California and Texas lost five seats in the chamber between the two and therefore the national equality detractors say they will never give us statehood.
This is the reality, now the U.S. has to be a question, Do you want to Become a multinational states?. That is the question. But if you started with Alaska and Hawaii 50 years ago, do not tell me that the American dream of overseas can not be achieved if it is based on the legal spirit of the Northwest Ordinance, do not give me the story of abandon the dream and the struggle for statehood, because we only have to go one step further as Puerto Ricans to join the national vanguard as fellows compatriots living in the mainland. So we get the desired state 51 and the same rights as our brothers who live on the continent of North America. This is simple, that Congress endorses a plebiscite, to run in the country and this life is going to determine the future of Puerto Rico, but in a fair and democratic action. And if Congress does not approve the decision of the people, the people have the power to amend the constitution, and given the same rights as a state and elect their deputies, this is known as the Tennessee Plan, which is a mechanism used by the citizens of that state in 1796 to force Congress to include them as a state. After six additional territories followed the same strategy in the absence of congressional action: Michigan, Iowa, Kansas, California, Oregon and Alaska. These territories were tired of seeing that Congress did not act, they decided to act themselves. It is a strategy that takes 7-7. But this should not be a mandate from the people and this should be clear. This is a civil rights issue, and congress needs to see that this is a real issue and we want equal rights, equal treatment and equal footing as our fellows living in the mainland. Our star wants shine along the other 50, we are proud Americans. God bless America
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