[snoringbear]

Someone correct me if I’m wrong; I think is constitutional amendment would be required to make Washington DC a state.

[Lockbox]

For the Lib’s, when they want, the constitution becomes a living, breathing item subject to change depending on the wind direction. But when they steal an election then we need to go by the exact wording of the constitution!

[Pigsley]

Yes. That is the point, I think. The Left has won a lot. I hope that we figure out the next move. Personally, my $ is still on President DJT. Kind of rough waters now.

[hanamizu]

I think is constitutional amendment would be required to make Washington DC a state.

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I can’t see how it can be avoided. The District was established by the Constitution itself. I know the plan is to shrink the District down to places where the Government itself is, Congress, Supreme Court, the White House and perhaps government buildings and then grant statehood to the parts of the District where people live.

But then there’s the business of the 23rd Amendment which grants the District 3 Electoral votes. The Amendment itself doesn’t name the District but refers to it as “the district constituting the seat of government”. Don’t know how you get around it without passing an Amendment repealing the 23rd.

But then, the Constitution is a “living document” and SCOTUS found no problem finding the right to abortion and gay marriage in it, so who knows?