What is your plan for getting around the 23rd Amendment in the case of DC Statehood?

[Sol]

Interested in hearing y'all's takes.

[Ferguson97]

I think the easiest way would be to change the constitution, but after it becomes a state.

Assuming statehood is passed, Republicans certainly won’t want an area comprised entirely of federal employees to get 3 electoral votes, so it would be in their best interest to pass an amendment. So they’d vote with the Dems to add a new amendment stripping that tiny area of federal buildings of its electoral votes. And since the rest of the city is now its own state, Democrats get what they want.

[PSOL]

I think the easiest way would be to change the constitution, but after it becomes a state.

Assuming statehood is passed, Republicans certainly won’t want an area comprised entirely of federal employees to get 3 electoral votes, so it would be in their best interest to pass an amendment. So they’d vote with the Dems to add a new amendment stripping that tiny area of federal buildings of its electoral votes. And since the rest of the city is now its own state, Democrats get what they want.

Those federal buildings are apart of DC’s heritage. This plan robs them of the cultural, economic, and political power that is D.C.s’ residents right to bask in.

[Kingpoleon]

Those federal buildings are apart of DC’s heritage. This plan robs them of the cultural, economic, and political power that is D.C.s’ residents right to bask in.

Living in the capital doesn’t grant you special rights or privileges.

[PSOL]

Those federal buildings are apart of DC’s heritage. This plan robs them of the cultural, economic, and political power that is D.C.s’ residents right to bask in.

Living in the capital doesn’t grant you special rights or privileges.

Their right is to be linked with these federal buildings, it’s a perk of living there. Just as Mount Ararat is integral for Armenians, the Eiffel Tower for the French, Sears tower for Chicago, or the Western wall for  the Jewish people—the sites in the capitol are integral for the shared identity and heritage of Washington D.C. inhabitants. Dividing them in any way is tantamount to robbery and erasure of their identity.

[Santander]

The cutest solution would be to exempt DC residents from federal taxation entirely, and thus eliminate the "taxation without representation" problem.

[Sol]

Those federal buildings are apart of DC’s heritage. This plan robs them of the cultural, economic, and political power that is D.C.s’ residents right to bask in.

Living in the capital doesn’t grant you special rights or privileges.

Their right is to be linked with these federal buildings, it’s a perk of living there. Just as Mount Ararat is integral for Armenians, the Eiffel Tower for the French, Sears tower for Chicago, or the Western wall for  the Jewish people—the sites in the capitol are integral for the shared identity and heritage of Washington D.C. inhabitants. Dividing them in any way is tantamount to robbery and erasure of their identity.

You do realize that DC statehood is basically impossible without carving out a federal district right?

Plus of course those monuments will still be there.

[Stuart98]

Congress has the power to decide how the district's votes are allocated; the obvious solution is to assign them to the winner of the national popular vote.

[Ferguson97]

Those federal buildings are apart of DC’s heritage. This plan robs them of the cultural, economic, and political power that is D.C.s’ residents right to bask in.

Living in the capital doesn’t grant you special rights or privileges.

Their right is to be linked with these federal buildings, it’s a perk of living there. Just as Mount Ararat is integral for Armenians, the Eiffel Tower for the French, Sears tower for Chicago, or the Western wall for  the Jewish people—the sites in the capitol are integral for the shared identity and heritage of Washington D.C. inhabitants. Dividing them in any way is tantamount to robbery and erasure of their identity.

This is the dumbest argument against statehood I’ve ever heard