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1 posted on 04/22/2026 3:17:30 PM PDT by Jacquerie
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To: Jacquerie

“Notice what the Constitution authorizes: Congress may accept cessions from states to form a District. It does not authorize Congress to return, retrocede, or give away territory once accepted”

Read ARTICLE IV., SECTION 3

“dispose of...the territory...”


2 posted on 04/22/2026 3:23:13 PM PDT by Brian Griffin (Ask your Congressman to tax tariff refunds at 100% & rebate ~$600 to each insured vehicle owner)
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I hope Trump does it. He has nothing to lose


3 posted on 04/22/2026 3:26:53 PM PDT by bigbob (We are all Charlie Kirk now)
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To: Jacquerie

Give Arlington back. The commies there deserve to be part of the mess that is DC and off the Va voter rolls.


4 posted on 04/22/2026 3:29:20 PM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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How quaint.

Some folks still believe the laws are based on the written Constitution, rather than the interpreted judgement of the Supreme Court.

Nowadays, the Constitution says what the USSCOTUS says it says. 😵‍💫


6 posted on 04/22/2026 3:36:13 PM PDT by Bratch
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No. Aside from the central district where the capital is located, the rest of DC should be returned to Maryland. We need to make sure DC is never made a state with 2 senators.

They complain about not having representation in congress; solve it by making them part of Maryland. Not a state of their own, as Democrats promise to do once they regain power.


8 posted on 04/22/2026 3:54:40 PM PDT by marron
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the argument here is very weak

the idea that one congress can bind future congresses from ever revoking an action of theirs is nonsense.

If a democrat congress passed a law saying “annual contributions from the US government to planned parenthood shall be ‘permanent’ “
would you say, “well we have no choice but to submit to that law”
Of course not


11 posted on 04/22/2026 4:27:57 PM PDT by ChronicMA
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I say we give DC Loudon, Fairfax and Arlington counties from Virginia. Its the right thing to do.


12 posted on 04/22/2026 5:00:46 PM PDT by FLT-bird
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reminds me of the musical 1776 when john adams throws down his notes and yells ‘oh for the love of....we have to offend SOMEBODY!’

Including those genocided, every group had been railroaded...hard. In the name of Jesus Christ, MOVE ON!

Unless you are siding with satan, in which case, of course, you will continue.....like here....


14 posted on 04/22/2026 5:14:43 PM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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That would be Hilarious!


15 posted on 04/22/2026 5:20:15 PM PDT by Boiler Plate ("Why be difficult, when with just a little more work, you can be impossible" Mom)
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To: Jacquerie

This doesn’t even rank in the top one thousand of my political concerns.


18 posted on 04/22/2026 6:27:31 PM PDT by circlecity
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BTTT


21 posted on 04/22/2026 10:14:05 PM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Democrat cult.)
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