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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Statehood is constitutional. Period. The senate just won’t do it. [/quote] Not even close. You would need an amendment. People who think otherwise are nuts. [/quote] Is it Constitutional for the federal district to be reduced in size and the residential and commercial portions of DC to become a State? Yes. Article I. Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution sets only a maximum size (“…not exceeding ten Miles square…”) for the federal “Seat of the Government of the United States”. Congress has the authority to redefine the borders of the federal district. Congress did so, for instance, in 1846 when a portion of the original territory of the District of Columbia west of the Potomac River was retroceded to Virginia. Dc.gov[/quote] Yep. The constitution outlines a maximum size for the federal district. As evidenced by the retrocession of Alexandria and Arlington back to Virginia.[/quote]
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