If DC gains statehood, should it have a bicameral legislature? How many seats? (user search)
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Junior Chimp
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« on: October 19, 2020, 10:02:15 PM »

What are the chances that the Supreme Court prevents DC statehood if Dems push for that next year?

The only issue with DC statehood and constitutionality is that the 23rd Amendment should PROBABLY be repealed if this happens, but this forum has discussed that issue back and forth and even if the 23rd Amendment isn't repealed it isn't a problem, it just means that the rump Federal District gets 3 electoral votes that will be WAY disproportionate to the residential population (which afaik would be extremely low but not actually zero).

Seems to me that it would basically be 3 votes for the incumbent presidential party. Not ideal, but better than 800k+ Americans having zero representation in Congress.
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