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To: david1292
How was DC created?

If by the Constitution then only an amendment can change it's status.

13 posted on 06/16/2019 9:47:43 AM PDT by AU72
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To: AU72
How was DC created? If by the Constitution then only an amendment can change it's status.

Unfortunately, the Constitution does not COMMAND the creation of a Federal District.

It PERMITS such a creation, and the mechanism is cession by states (MD and VA, in this case), followed by acceptance by Congress.

A better idea would be for Wyoming and Utah to cede a ten mile square to the United States, and have Congress accept it as the New District of Columbia, give the mess on the Potomac back to Maryland, and call it a day.

75 posted on 06/16/2019 1:46:35 PM PDT by Jim Noble (1)
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