Comments on: Case of the Day: Puerto Rico v. Franklin California Tax-Free Trust https://lettersblogatory.com/2016/06/21/case-day-puerto-rico-v-franklin-california-tax-free-trust/ The Blog of International Judicial Assistance Thu, 21 Nov 2024 01:58:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Case of the Day: Igartúa v. Obama | Letters Blogatory https://lettersblogatory.com/2016/06/21/case-day-puerto-rico-v-franklin-california-tax-free-trust/#comment-2559 Fri, 16 Dec 2016 11:00:30 +0000 https://lettersblogatory.com/?p=22759#comment-2559 […] be taken up by the Supreme Court, and it seems highly unlikely to me, particularly in light of Puerto Rico v. Franklin California Tax Free Trust and Puerto Rico v. Sánches Valle, that the Supreme Court would have much sympathy for the view […]

]]> By: Ted Folkman https://lettersblogatory.com/2016/06/21/case-day-puerto-rico-v-franklin-california-tax-free-trust/#comment-2558 Wed, 22 Jun 2016 16:05:02 +0000 https://lettersblogatory.com/?p=22759#comment-2558 In reply to Nicholas Eckert.

Well, both parties’ platforms support the right of Puerto Rico’s people to statehood if they want it. If the GOP doesn’t follow through on its commitment if presented with a statehood petition, then we’d have a different discussion.

]]> By: Nicholas Eckert https://lettersblogatory.com/2016/06/21/case-day-puerto-rico-v-franklin-california-tax-free-trust/#comment-2557 Wed, 22 Jun 2016 14:01:22 +0000 https://lettersblogatory.com/?p=22759#comment-2557 Let’s assume that they were to request statehood. Given the current state of Congress, would such a petition be accepted? Such a straightforward answer neglects not just the possibility that Puerto Rico doesn’t want statehood (a majority does, though perhaps not overwhelming) but that a Congress, particularly with a House of Representatives held by Republicans that sees a state likely to produce legislators that won’t be Republicans, is very likely to refuse to consider the petition. So sui generis is all they’re getting.

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