FROM A LEGAL OPINION OF THE US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE - OCTOBER 4, 1988
"It is therefore unclear which constitutional power congress exercised when it aquired Hawai'i by joint resolution. Accordingly, it is doubtful that the acquisition of Hawai'i can serve as a constitutional power congress exercised when it aquired Hawai'i by joint resolution. It is doubtful that the aquisition of Hawai'i can serve as an appropriate precedent for a congressional assertion of sovereignty..."
