Lawmakers would be violating the Constitution if they exclude the Spratly Islands in a new Senate archipelagic baseline bill, a legal expert said Monday.

• 法律专家周一表示，如果立法者未能将斯普拉特利群岛（中国称“南沙群岛”）包含进新修订的参议院群岛基线法案，这将是违反宪法的举动。