Actually, that's *not* the Constitution... It's the Articles of
Confederation. Different document that predates the Constitution by
about ten years.
Jim
Sellam Ismail wrote:
>
>
> Oddly enough:
>
> Article XI of the United States Constitution:
>
> "Canada acceding to this confederation, and adjoining in the measures of
> the United States, shall be admitted into, and entitled to all the
> advantages of this Union; but no other colony shall be admitted into the
> same, unless such admission be agreed to by nine States."
>
> http://www.usconstitution.net/articles.html#Article11
>
> So I think Canada has precedence over silly little Puerto Rico.
>
> It's amazing what you can find out when you take the time to read stuff.
> Check out the other articles while you're at it. Be prepared to be very
> disappointed with what the Founding Fathers had in mind and what we have
> ended up with today :(
>
>
Received on Wed Jul 04 2001 - 01:07:19 BST