“The Government of Puerto Rico is authorized to conduct a plebiscite in Puerto Rico. The 2 options set forth on the ballot shall be preceded by the following statement: `Instructions: Mark one of the following 2 options:
`(1) Puerto Rico should continue to have its present form of political status. If you agree, mark here XX.
`(2) Puerto Rico should have a different political status. If you agree, mark here XX.’.”

“Procedure if Majority in First Plebiscite Favors Option 2- If a majority of the ballots in a plebiscite conducted pursuant to subsection (a) or (b) are cast in favor of Option 2, the Government of Puerto Rico is authorized to conduct a plebiscite on the following 3 options:

(1) Independence: Puerto Rico should become fully independent from the United States. If you agree, mark here XX.

(2) Sovereignty in Association with the United States: Puerto Rico and the United States should form a political association between sovereign nations that will not be subject to the Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution. If you agree, mark here XX.

(3) Statehood: Puerto Rico should be admitted as a State of the Union. If you agree, mark here XX.”

Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES

WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)–The top two members of the Senate Judiciary Committee made a bipartisan request Thursday for more of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor’s records from the Puerto Rican legal aid group where she was a member for 12 years.

Senators Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and Jeff….

Why would Sotomayor be interested in this during her nomination process? The senate of always more interested in rowe v wade, “separation” of powers, and about the existence of the christian god.