U.S. House prepares to say yes to making Washington, D.C., the 51st state

Yahoo News ^ | April 22, 2021 | Richard Cowan

[TexasGurl24]

Nope. Are “assault weapon” bans constitutional? Yes or no?

[odawg]

“But nothing in the Constitution explicitly prevents Congress from doing that.”

Nor explicitly allows Congress to do that. And within the context of how the Constitution was written, where every word and punctuation was haggled over, this was obviously not a power contained in the “penumbra” of granted Congressional powers.

[nicollo]

That’s why we have the Senate

Which is why they want to turn the Senate into the House.

[Vaquero]

I know the knives are going to come out over this,

(Most)Republicans have rubber knives.

[Jimmy Valentine]

They would have to amend the Constitution. Then, they would have to apply for statehood like Alaska and Hawaii did, seeking approval by a majority of states.