Posted on 01/27/2021 1:51:55 PM PST by RandFan
I saw the mayor of D.C. claim that granting statehood to the the District was no different than granting statehood to any other state, and that it did not need a Constitutional amendment. Well, yes, it is totally different, and she needs to take it up with the writers of the Constitution, who regarded it as totally different, and yes, it would require a Constitutional amendment. D. C. was never “new” territory that could be folded into the company of states on equal terms. It was a carve out.
Except the current legislative proposal calls for an “expedited” constitutional amendment - see sec 224. The process for amending the Constitution is cumbersome, to say the least. Do you think the dems have in mind some other way to amend? Is there some other way to amend the Constitution other than putting it to a vote of the states? Were they to pass DC statehood on a simple majority vote, it would immediately be tied up in the courts.
Where am I wrong?
Call your elected regardless of party! Your Representatives swore to protect our Constitution...did he or she lie?
Move the Nation’s Capital to Area 51. Nobody lives there anyhow. Return the current D.C. to Maryland. So Maryland gets another seat in Congress and current residents of the District get to be represented more equally.
Heck, we could construct an artificial island in the South China Sea and make that the new Capital.
Area-wise, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan could become a new state, but it doesn't have many people (the largest cities seem to be in the 10,000 to 25,000 range), and it might be forbidden by the Northwest Ordinance which foresaw creating no more than 5 states in the Northwest Territory...if that would still apply. But it might provide two Republican senators. Could call it Superior after Lake Superior.
Well, technically West Virginia was a carve out as well.
Is it correct that the California Constitution allows it to break into 5 states? Any legal minds here know?
NO!! Little thing called the Constitution, which the Dimmocommies use as toilet paper.
Make a city a state. Impeach a private citizen no longer holding office. These are things that tyrants do.
P.S. Winston Churchill is glad that his bust was removed from the Oval Office.
Is it correct that the California Constitution allows it to break into 5 states? Any legal minds here know?
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It’s Texas.
Congress cannot carve out a state from an existing one without the consent of those states — DC being part of VA and MD would require their assent (both Dim run)
— oh, unless its during an insurrection. Aha!
"It already is smaller than 10 square miles."
The District of Columbia was located where it is because, at the time, that was pretty close to the geographical center of the country. Should we decide to relocate the Federal District/Capitol of the USA, the logical place to put it would be near where the states of Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, and Nebraska come together. There is a lot of open space there, or there was the last time I drove through. So there is plenty of room to set up government buildings, and infra structure.
Not sure what we would do with the existing government buildings in Washington. Could they be moved to the new Capitol City, the way London Bridge was moved from England to the SW US?
One change I’d recommend: no one would be allowed to establish legal residence inside the new Federal District. Some elected officials, such as congressmen, POTUS, etc, could live there, but they would still be legal residents of the States from which they come. All others would live outside the Federal District, in MO, KS, IO, or NE, and commute to work in the Capitol City.
Hell no.
It was already carved out of those states 230 years ago.
If it's 68.34 square miles then it's less than 10 square miles.
They could return most of DC to Maryland, except for the part where most of the federal buildings are located, which would entitle Maryland to one more representative in Congress, but that would not create two more senators.
Hence the reason for trying to make it a state.
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