Admissions Clause
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The Admissions Clause is the provision of the U.S. Constitution that empowers Congress to admit new states into the Union and regulate their terms of entry.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Admission Clause | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
clause of the United States Constitution
ⓘ
constitutional provision ⓘ |
| appliedInCase |
Coyle v. Smith
ⓘ
Pollard v. Hagan ⓘ Texas v. White ⓘ |
| appliesIn | United States of America ⓘ |
| appliesTo | new states formed within the jurisdiction of the United States ⓘ |
| appliesToEntityType | U.S. states ⓘ |
| authorityType | plenary power of Congress over admission of states ⓘ |
| basisFor | equal footing doctrine for newly admitted states ⓘ |
| citedAs |
Article IV of the United States Constitution
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surface form:
U.S. Const. art. IV, § 3, cl. 1
|
| concerns | admission of new political entities as states rather than territories ⓘ |
| constitutionalCategory | structural provision ⓘ |
| constitutionalDomain |
federalism
ⓘ
statehood ⓘ territorial expansion ⓘ |
| constitutionalStatus | still in force ⓘ |
| constrains | unilateral secession or reconfiguration of states without congressional and state consent ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom |
Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution
ⓘ
surface form:
Territory Clause of Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2
|
| empowers | United States Congress ⓘ |
| enables | admission of territories as states ⓘ |
| foundIn | Article IV, Section 3, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| geopoliticalImpact | enabled expansion of the United States across the continent ⓘ |
| governs | process of state admission to the United States ⓘ |
| governsActionBy | United States Congress when admitting states ⓘ |
| grantsPower |
admit new states into the Union
ⓘ
set conditions for admission of new states ⓘ |
| hasTextBeginning | "New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union" ⓘ |
| historicalContext | adopted with the United States Constitution in 1787 ⓘ |
| influences |
state enabling acts
ⓘ
terms and conditions imposed on territories seeking statehood ⓘ |
| interpretedBy |
Supreme Court of the United States
ⓘ
surface form:
United States Supreme Court
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| jurisdiction | federal ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalEffect | authorizes admission of states on equal footing with existing states as a matter of practice ⓘ |
| limits |
creation of new states within the jurisdiction of existing states without consent
ⓘ
formation of new states by the junction of two or more states or parts of states without consent ⓘ |
| notAppliesTo |
creation of territories
ⓘ
foreign sovereign states outside U.S. jurisdiction ⓘ |
| partOf | Article IV of the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Guarantee Clause
ⓘ
Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution ⓘ
surface form:
Territory Clause
|
| requiresConsentFrom |
United States Congress
ⓘ
surface form:
Congress
legislatures of the states concerned ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
alteration of state boundaries through consent and congressional approval
ⓘ
union membership of states ⓘ |
| usedBy | Congress in admitting all states added after the original thirteen ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Article IV of the United States Constitution
this entity surface form:
Admission Clause