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Politics of Puerto Rico - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2808 words) |
 | Puerto Rico has a territorial judiciary including a Supreme Court, Appellate Court, and a Court of First Instance composed of two sections: a Superior Court and a Municipal Court (justices for all these courts appointed by the Governor with the consent of the Senate). |
| Puerto Rico's current constitutional arrangements are the result of a treaty signed in 1952, so presumably it could become independent in the same way—a right not possessed by the states of the United States. |
| The major differences between Puerto Rico and the states are greater financial autonomy (it levies its own taxes and is exempt from the Internal Revenue Code), its lack of voting representation in either house of the Congress and the ineligibility of Puerto Rican residents to vote in presidential elections. |
| Puerto Rico - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (3299 words) |
| Puerto Rico is composed of Cretaceous to Eocene volcanic and plutonic rocks, which are overlain by younger Oligocene to recent carbonates and other sedimentary rocks. |
| Puerto Rico's formal Chief of State is the President of the United States; however, most of the executive functions are carried out by the governor. |
| A non-voting Resident Commissioner is elected by the residents of Puerto Rico to the U.S. Congress. |
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