Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution

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constitutional clause federal constitutional law provision provision of the United States Constitution

Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution, known as the Admissions Clause, grants Congress the authority to admit new states into the Union and sets limits on forming new states from existing ones.

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Label	Occurrences
Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution canonical	3
Article IV Section 3 Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution	1
Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution	1

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Target entity: Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution
Context triple: [Admissions Clause, foundIn, Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution]

A. Article IV Section 3 Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution
Article IV Section 3 Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution is the provision that grants Congress broad authority to manage and regulate U.S. territories and other federal property.
B. Article IV, Section 1 of the United States Constitution
Article IV, Section 1 of the United States Constitution is the provision that requires each state to recognize and honor the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state.
C. Article III, Section 3 of the United States Constitution
Article III, Section 3 of the United States Constitution is the provision that narrowly defines the crime of treason against the United States and sets strict evidentiary and procedural requirements for its conviction.
D. Article III, Section 1 of the United States Constitution
Article III, Section 1 of the United States Constitution is the provision that establishes the federal judiciary, including the Supreme Court, and guarantees life tenure and salary protection for federal judges.
E. Article IV, Section 2 of the United States Constitution
Article IV, Section 2 of the United States Constitution contains key provisions on the rights and privileges of U.S. citizens, including the Privileges and Immunities Clause and rules governing extradition between states.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution
Target entity description: Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution, known as the Admissions Clause, grants Congress the authority to admit new states into the Union and sets limits on forming new states from existing ones.

A. Article IV Section 3 Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution
Article IV Section 3 Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution is the provision that grants Congress broad authority to manage and regulate U.S. territories and other federal property.
B. Article IV, Section 1 of the United States Constitution
Article IV, Section 1 of the United States Constitution is the provision that requires each state to recognize and honor the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state.
C. Article III, Section 3 of the United States Constitution
Article III, Section 3 of the United States Constitution is the provision that narrowly defines the crime of treason against the United States and sets strict evidentiary and procedural requirements for its conviction.
D. Article III, Section 1 of the United States Constitution
Article III, Section 1 of the United States Constitution is the provision that establishes the federal judiciary, including the Supreme Court, and guarantees life tenure and salary protection for federal judges.
E. Article IV, Section 2 of the United States Constitution
Article IV, Section 2 of the United States Constitution contains key provisions on the rights and privileges of U.S. citizens, including the Privileges and Immunities Clause and rules governing extradition between states.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional clause ⓘ federal constitutional law provision ⓘ provision of the United States Constitution ⓘ
adoptedOn	1788 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Admissions Clause ⓘ
appliesTo	admission of territories as states ⓘ alteration of state boundaries ⓘ
appliesToEntityType	U.S. states ⓘ
bindingOn	all U.S. states ⓘ all branches of the United States federal government ⓘ
cameIntoEffectOn	1789 ⓘ
constitutionalBasisFor	admission of all states added to the Union after the original thirteen ⓘ
constitutionalCategory	Article IV ⓘ surface form: Article IV (States and federal–state relations)
country	United States of America ⓘ
definesPower	power of Congress to admit new states ⓘ
governsRelationshipBetween	existing states and proposed new states ⓘ federal government and states regarding admission ⓘ
grantsPowerTo	United States Congress ⓘ
imposesCondition	no new state shall be formed by the junction of two or more states or parts of states without consent ⓘ no new state shall be formed within the jurisdiction of any other state without consent ⓘ
interpretedBy	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ surface form: United States Supreme Court
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
language	English ⓘ
legalSystem	United States constitutional law ⓘ
limitsPower	creation of new states within the jurisdiction of existing states without consent ⓘ formation of a new state by the junction of two or more states without consent ⓘ
locatedInDocument	Article IV, Section 3 of the United States Constitution ⓘ
partOf	Article IV of the United States Constitution ⓘ Article IV, Section 3 of the United States Constitution ⓘ surface form: Section 3 of Article IV of the United States Constitution
relevantToCase	Texas v. White ⓘ Virginia v. West Virginia ⓘ
requiresConsentFrom	United States Congress ⓘ surface form: Congress legislatures of the states concerned ⓘ
subjectMatter	admission of new states to the Union ⓘ combination of existing states ⓘ consent requirements for state boundary changes ⓘ division of existing states ⓘ formation of new states from existing states ⓘ
textBeginsWith	"New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union;" ⓘ
usedToAdmit	Alaska ⓘ California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Hawaii ⓘ Kentucky ⓘ Maine ⓘ Tennessee ⓘ Texas ⓘ Vermont ⓘ West Virginia ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Admissions Clause → foundIn → Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

Alaska Statehood Act → constitutionalBasis → Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution

Article IV Section 3 Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution → relatedTo → Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article IV Section 3 Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution

Coyle v. Smith → constitutionalProvisionInvolved → Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

Hawaii Admission Act → constitutionalBasis → Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

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