Incorporation vs Unincorporation
Puerto Rico’s Dilemma: Can we find any law or act of Congress specifically stating that a given annexed Territory shall be considered for incorporation or to remain unincorporated with no chances of ever becoming a State of the Union?
The federal government of the United States of America is composed of three (3) equal branches.
(www.usa.gov › Government Agencies and Elected Officials)
The legislative branch, the Congress, makes the laws, the executive (President) executes such laws (unless they are vetoed), and the jurists of the Supreme Court interpret such laws as to their conformity with the Constitution of the United States of America.
After much research, I have found nothing recorded or noted where the Congress of the United States of America passed a particular law or Act specifying that a given Territory shall be considered “incorporated” or “unincorporated.” I know for sure that nowhere in The Constitution of the United States do we find any mention of such words as incorporation or unincorporation. Unquestionably, the Supreme Court is the branch empowered to interpret The Constitution and any law enacted by Congress, but it misses the mark when it starts producing legislation or actions that offset the sacred content of The Constitution of the United States of America. The Supreme Court “legislated” back in the early 1900s, when through various cases (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insular_Cases#Unincorporated_Territories_and_other_Insular_Case_Rulings), known as The Insular Cases, and came up with the preposterous dogma of “incorporation” vs. “unincorporation.” In essence, the Supreme Court engaged in legislating, executing and interpreting something made up by them (actually a majority of 1 in most cases) when adjudicating some cases before its rostrum in 1901. The Insular Cases are examples of the Supreme Court itself meddling on the rightful affairs of the legislative and executive branches of the federal government of the United States of America.
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