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la convocatoria de una semilla:
fundamentos y dinámicas del desarrollo constitucional de puerto rico
irrevocably delegate its authority over such land.
***
“Congress could “continue the current system indefinitely, but it also
may revise or revoke it at any time,’ and Congress cannot enter into an
arrangement with Puerto Rico that “could not be altered without the
‘mutual consent’ of Puerto Rico and the [F]ederal Government.” Id. at
5-6. “The Federal Government may relinquish United States sovereignty
by granting independence or ceding the territory to another nation; or
it may * * * admit a territory as a State,” but “the U.S. Constitution does
not allow other options.” Id. at 6. In 2007 and 2011, the task force took
“a fresh look at the issue” and reached the same conclusion. 2011 Task
Force Report 24-26; see 2007 Task Force Report 5-7. 7
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“Although Puerto Rico exercises significant local authority, with great
benefit to its people and to the United States, Puerto Rico remains a
territory under our constitutional system. Puerto Rico does not possess
sovereignty independent of the United States, and its prosecutions
cannot invoke the dual sovereignty doctrine under the Double Jeopardy
Clause.”
353
El Tribunal Supremo de Estados Unidos tiene ante sí en el año 2016 la
naturaleza de la relación constitucional de Puerto Rico. Puede reafirmar
sus expresiones en los casos de Flores, Calero Toledo y Rodríguez de
que Puerto Rico goza de soberanía interna parecida a la de un estado,
o anunciar una nueva doctrina de que es parte del gobierno federal tal
como lo era antes de la Leyes 600 y 447 y el proceso constitucional de
Puerto Rico. Una decisión para la historia, y crucial para el futuro de
nuestro pueblo.
reflexión en la época de los vetos mutuos
La consistencia no ha sido una virtud consagrada por las acciones del
Gobierno de los Estados Unidos en cuanto a Puerto Rico. Crearon la
353 In the Supreme Court of the United States, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico v. Luis Sánchez Valle, No. 15-
108, BRIEF FOR THE UNITED STATES, AS AMICUS CURIAE SUPPORTING RESPONDENTS, December
24, 2015, Páginas 31-34.