The United States Constitution
Article. IV. (The States)
Section. 3. (New States)
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 Legislatures 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.
Hawaii, The Island State, 1959
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- The Constitution of the United States: A Transcription – The National Archives
- United States Constitution: Texts, Commentaries, Historical Texts and Judicial Decisions – Law Library of Congress
- CRS Annotated Constitution
- The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation – FDsys
- Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation, Govinfo.gov
- Section 3: New states and federal property – Wikipedia
- Section 3. Admission of New States to Union; Property of United States – Findlaw
- How Best to Secede from a State, by Eugene Kontorovich, October 11, 2013
- District of Columbia Statehood and Voting Representation,” CRS In Focus IF11443 (5-page PDF
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- “Statehood Process and Political Status of U.S. Territories: Brief Policy Background,” CRS In Focus IF11792 (5-page PDF
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