But are the insular areas of Atlasia considered to part of Atlasia or merely controlled by it? In the United States that issue was settled by the Insular Cases, which established the doctrine that until territory was incorporated into the United States it didn't become part of it as far as constitution protections were concerned. That's why for example the residents of the Philippines didn't become U.S. citizens while it was controlled by the U.S. (It's also why even today, persons born in American Samoa do not automatically become U.S. citizens at birth.) If the doctrine of incorporated and unincorporated territory holds for Atlasia, then we don't to explicitly establish that the Senate has the power to set different rates for the minimum wage for the insular territories. Still, with no precedent from our Supreme Court, I'd rest easier if we made such the power for the Senate to establish a different minimum wage rate explicit, either by amending this amendment or passing a general amendment that makes the Insular doctrine an explicit part of the Atlasian constitution.
Well thank you for clearing that up for me. Then a specific definition of where this is valid law should be established for this Amendment to be fair to the territories and other possesions of Atlasia.
