Sunday, April 25, 2021

Why the District of Columbia Should Not Be a State

The Epoch Times provides a great service to readers by providing a brief history of the District of Columbia by Rob Natelson at Why the District of Columbia Should Not Be A State. Natelson provides historical data, of which the Founders were aware, as well as Constitutional objections, some of which would require a Constitutional amendment. Then there is the Maryland law that granted the district to the Federal government. That law did not anticipate that the district would be turned into a State, thus potentially diluting the power of Maryland.

Please go read the article at Epoch Times.

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