This article reviews and updates the counterintuitive status of non-state territories under the United States constitution. Taking into account the historical interpretation of the “territorial clause” of the constitution, it focuses on insular territories and considers some of the ways in which their island status has affected the direction of this interpretive path.

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吃掉宪法的岛屿

本文回顾并更新了美国宪法下非州属地的违反直觉的地位。考虑到宪法“领土条款”的历史解释，它侧重于岛屿领土，并考虑其岛屿地位影响这一解释路径方向的一些方式。