Adding a State to the United States

from Civil Discourse · host Nia Rodgers and Dr. John Aughenbaugh

Nia and Aughie discuss how territories and protectorates come to join the United States. The discussion includes the barriers to statehood and the requirements that Congress sets out for proto-states to meet. The latter part of the discussion covers the Equal Footing Doctrine.

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