Posted on 01/27/2021 1:51:55 PM PST by RandFan
Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) introduces a bill aimed at making Washington D.C. a state.
Carper took to Twitter Wednesday to discuss his efforts to “give the over 700,000 D.C. residents a voice, vote and full representation in Congress.”
The so-called ‘Washington D.C. Admissions Act‘ has received support from several members of the Democrat party. However, Republicans are concerned making D.C. a state will place two more Democrats in the Senate.
Democrats would need at least 60 votes in the upper chamber to pass the proposal, but they may only need a simple majority if the filibuster is abolished.
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Unconstitutional, but whatever.
Ugh!
Want representation? Easy Peary.
Return the land to Maryland just as some has been returned to Virginia.
Problem solved.
“Unconstitutional, but whatever.”
The constitution no longer matters. Even the SCOTUS doesn’t worry much about that.
“Unconstitutional, but whatever.”
The constitution no longer matters. Even the SCOTUS doesn’t worry much about that.
F - that!
More democrat malarkey.
Statehood of china?
TOTALLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Let Texas and Hawaii secede and you get to pick two welfare leeching states to make up for them.
And, here comes the “overwhelm the system” strategy, straight out of Rules for Radicals.
Hit “the system” with such an unbelievable, overwhelming amount of </explitive_deleted> and the whole thing will crash.
THAT is their plan. And unless our so-called “leaders” WAKE. UP. and start to realize that we are under an attack like this country has never seen before, the bad guys may just succeed.
They don't have the votes without nuking the filibuster, and they don't have the votes to nuke the filibuster. Manchin and Sinema have already outright stated they won't nuke the filibuster for D.C. statehood.
What took him so long? Patently against the Constitution. 10 square miles etc....
Andrew Cuomo has already set the stage: The Supreme Court is no longer relevant.
They can probably get around that by carving out the Mall, the Capitol, and the White House and leaving that under the control of Congress and making everything else a state.
Return the non-federal property and neighborhoods to DC.
Look at section 224 of HR1 - it explicitly provides for amending the Constitution. That is not a simple process of a majority vote, so a simple majority vote here shouldn’t do the trick.
To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings
This one is vague enough on what can be done with the district that a Supreme Court challenge is definitely necessary. The problematic phrase: "To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District" would seemingly be a roadblock for any local authority to have jurisdiction over the Federal government's responsibility to exercise legislative authority over the district.
Of course, that Constitution thing never stopped a Democrat...
They would be foolish to nuke the filibuster over this, as statehood for DC requires a constitutional amendment, as provided for by the dems own proposed legislation.
See the 23rd Amendment.
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