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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

Serious question to the PP or anyone else that knows the answer: what "protections" is he referring to, and how would any plausible state boundary change that?  [/quote]

One big concern is the ability of a single state to effectively shut down the federal government by, for instance, closing down roadways and other transportation routes into the federal seat to block Congress from reconvening.  DC is bordered by two states and has access to a waterway, so Virginia or Maryland could get into as much of a snit as it wanted and the government could still function. [/quote]

I can't tell if that's a serious concern.  Any proposal would seem to keep paths into DC from both Maryland and Virginia, as well as at least a theoretical route from the Potomac.  How is that particularly different than today?

It seems like an awfully contrived concern...
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