Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel March 7, 2012 (Altering Puerto Rico's Relationship with the United States Through Referendum)

Altering Puerto Rico’s Relationship with

the United States Through Referendum

Legislation conditioning a change in Puerto Rico’s political relationship with the United

States on the results of one or more referenda by the Puerto Rican electorate, without

subsequent congressional action, would be constitutional, insofar as the referendum or

referenda presented voters in the territory with a