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FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND MANAGEMENT BD. FOR 
PUERTO RICO v. AURELIUS INVESTMENT, LLC 
SOTOMAYOR, J., concurring in judgment 

Puerto  Rico  itself  nor  subject  to  the  strictures  of  the  Ap-
pointments  Clause.  I  am  skeptical  that  the  Constitution 
countenances  this  freewheeling  exercise  of  control  over  a
population  that  the  Federal  Government  has  explicitly
agreed  to  recognize  as  operating  under  a  government  of 
their own choosing, pursuant to a constitution of their own
choosing.  Surely  our  Founders,  having  labored  to  attain
such recognition of self-determination, would not view that 
same recognition with respect to Puerto Rico as a mere act
of  grace.    Nevertheless,  because  these  issues  are  not 
properly  presented  in  these  cases,  I  reluctantly  concur  in 
the judgment.