Links for 01/14/16 | National Catholic Reporter

Links for 01/14/16 | National Catholic Reporter by MSW. MGB: Puerto Rico is sovereign because it can leave.  On the financial issue, if it leaves, it can have its own currency and print money to pay back its creditors - or default without a control board.  Until it leaves, however, it is linked to the U.S. the same way Canada is linked to the U.K. - with the Congress having more say in our relationship than Parliment does over Canada, although the Canadian head of state is the representative of the Queen - the governor of Puerto Rico has no connection to presidential appointing power.  The interesting case in parallel is the District of Columbia, which is the only territory that cannot decide to unilaterally kick the U.S. out.  In DC, the prosecutor is the U.S. Attorney, so all cases are essentially federal - allowing no separate local trial for the same offense.