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In Reply to: Just another lame power grab attempt posted by E-Stat on April 22, 2021 at 12:18:03:
Statehood is now the clear preference of DisÂtrict of Columbia voting-rights advocates, but the proposal has never excited much support in Congress and would, in any case, also require a constitutional amendment since an independÂent territory, subject to the ultimate authority of Congress, was a critical part of the Framers' original design for an indestructible federal union of indestructible states.
-Rod
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Follow Ups
- Yup...it's also unconstitional - Rod M 04/22/2112:58:01 04/22/21 (17)
- No worries... It won't pass both houses....(nt) - TWB 13:55:06 04/22/21 (6)
- You sure about that? Murkowski stepped out of line just yesterday.(nt) - Sondek 14:08:47 04/22/21 (5)
- Murkowski has read the writing on the wall..... - TWB 14:26:36 04/22/21 (4)
- POS? - SamA 16:07:13 04/22/21 (0)
- Collins was just re-elected and by a large margin. . . - peteSF 15:59:44 04/22/21 (1)
- RE: Collins was just re-elected and by a large margin. . . - Sondek 16:16:02 04/22/21 (0)
- Which means Murkowski is doubly dangerous. Nothing to lose. - Sondek 14:35:41 04/22/21 (0)
- Constitutional amendments obviously aren't unconstitutional. - Rick W 13:52:44 04/22/21 (9)
- Correct.... - Rod M 14:32:26 04/22/21 (8)
- Partisan politics. nt - Rick W 16:50:13 04/22/21 (7)
- The system working as intended -nt - E-Stat 10:09:00 04/23/21 (6)
- Ahh, no. - Rick W 09:14:19 04/24/21 (5)
- It seems you don't understand why - E-Stat 09:26:33 04/24/21 (4)
- It seems you can't grasp what GW and others meant, even when its happening in front of your eyes. nt - Rick W 14:20:19 04/24/21 (3)
- What's before our eyes are lame power grab attempts... - E-Stat 14:44:57 04/24/21 (2)
- You apparently like the status quo. - Rick W 20:38:09 04/24/21 (1)
- I've been content - E-Stat 15:25:39 04/25/21 (0)