The Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Act of 2021 was filed in the spring of 2021. But that was not by any means the first Puerto Rico Statehood Act. Consider the Puerto Rico Statehood Act of 1977, introduced by President Gerald Ford after he rejected a proposal for “perfected commonwealth.” The Statehood Act was designed to … Continue reading A Page from History: The Puerto Rico Statehood Act of 1977