DC statehood Megathread (pg 33 - Manchin questioning constitutionality)

[SteveRogers]

Congress could pass legislation allowing D.C. to have voting representation in the House and Senate without revoking Congressional control over the District. 

I’m pretty sure that’s not true and that you’d need a Constitutional amendment. But either way,  no GOP member of congress has actually proposed any such thing. So it seems pretty disingenuous to say, “why are democrats ramming through statehood instead of this great compromise we’re not actually offering?” when the GOP position is, in fact, that DC residents should have NO representation.

[SteveRogers]

"Solving" the taxation without representation issue by making DC a state is like "solving" it by exempting DC residents from federal taxation and keeping the status quo. Highly cynical, and it doesn't even have the benefit of being cute like the tax exemption.

For that matter, it's like "solving" school shootings by closing down schools.

Again, there might be measures short of statehood that could solve the taxation without representation issue, but the GOP doesn’t actually want to negotiate a compromise on this issue, so why should the residents of DC have to wait any longer when statehood is the quickest, easiest path to representation?

[SteveRogers]

If DC Statehood is made a state, SCOTUS will put in injunction in and not allow no seating of Senators until the case is heard, and Kavanaugh will veto DC Statehood setting up the stage for Crt packing if the Ds get Trifecta and 53 Seats for an 11 judge SCOTUS., After 2022 Elections


SCOTUS will do this on any Progressive legislation except Toomey Manchin gun control bill, HR1 and George Floyd choke holds as well

That’s...not how any of this works.

[SteveRogers]

Even if this bill passed which it won't due to the Filibuster, SCOTUS can strike it down ACB or Kavanaugh or Alito or Gorsuch or Thomas aren't for this and they will put an injunction on sitting new Senators being sword in, pending Crt challenge

Incorrect.

[SteveRogers]

Tbf everyone knew that the electoral votes of the district part was going to need to be handled eventually, the simplest thing to do is to just make the district the federal buildings and add 3 EVs to whoever won the Electoral College, if there's a 269-269 tie, then they could be left blank or go to the winner of the popular vote.

Another option: Give the 3 electoral votes to Doug Lamborn's son, who will vote absentee out of his Capitol basement storage room abode.

Capitol dungeons: Safe D —> Likely R