Is the creation of DC as a Federal City in the Constitution? If so would it take a new Amendment to make it a state?
“According to Article IV, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution, only Congress has the ability to authorize the creation of a new state. Specifically, Section 3 prohibits the creation of new states from the territory of others without their consent, or the combining of two or more states without congressional approval [source: Monk].”
Some Puerto Rican activists shot up the US House in 1956 demanding independence from being a terrority under US control.
No,just a simple majority of Congress