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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Opposition to D.C. statehood is pretty much the same as the opposition was to Alaska and Hawaii statehood ... don't want to add liberals (anti-segregationist, pro-civil rights, etc, etc.) to Congress. "Legitimate reason" is in the eye of the beholder.

As I re-read our Constitution (Article 1, Section 8), I'm reminded there's a Federalist argument to support D.C. statehood ... the Constitution doesn't set a MINIMUM size for the Seat of the Government of the United States!

SHRINK THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THROUGH D.C. STATEHOOD!!![/quote]

While it doesn’t set a minimum size, they can’t turn it into a island completely surrounded by DC or you completely defeat a lot of the protections.  SO how do you draw a seat that isn’t an island and that doesn’t include at least some residential areas?[/quote]

The current Seat of the U.S. Government is [i]completely surrounded[/i] by Maryland and Virginia. The proposed new Seat would be surrounded by the new state and Virginia. No net loss/gain of surrounding states!

But I'm also worried about these "protections" you reference, and the additional cool thing about D.C. statehood is that it would shorten tremendously the defensive line around the Seat of the Government of the U.S.  ... making it both easier to defend it against rebel forces and/or make it easier to hem in those pesky unionists! It's a win-win![/quote]

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