Section 3.  New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or Parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislature of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.

     The Congress shall have Power to dispose of and make all needful Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State.

 

Law Journals and Reviews

 

  The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands' Rights Under United States and International Law to Control Its Exclusive Economic Zone.  13 UH L. Rev. 477.

  The Evolving Legal Relationships Between the United States and Its Affiliated U.S.-Flag Islands.  14 UH L. Rev. 445.

  Resolving the Hostility:  Which Laws Apply to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands When Federal and Local Laws Conflict.  21 UH L. Rev. 237.

  How to Transfer Venue When You Only Have One:  The Problem of High Profile Criminal Jury Trials in American Samoa.  29 UH L. Rev. 325.

  Other Arms:  The Power of a Dual Rights Legal Strategy for the Chamoru People of Guam Using the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in U.S. Courts. 31 UH L. Rev. 113.

 

Case Notes

 

  Authority of Congress to provide for the government of Hawaii prior to statehood was derived from clause 2 of this section.  44 H. 634, 361 P.2d 390.