Anonymous wrote:Honest question

No, it would not: The Constitution doesn't say anything about the mayor (or about local government in D.C., since the Home Rule Charter wasn't adopted until nearly 200 years after the Constitution was ratified).

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most people don’t think a constitutional amendment is required for DC to become a state— the feds would still get the Capitol and Mall area but the District, where a population larger than Wyoming’s lives and works, would be admitted as a state.

Where on earth did you get that idea?

The statehood bill that already passed the House. I think it also answers OP’s question. Read this thread and the links in it and learn something.
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/829083.page

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most people don’t think a constitutional amendment is required for DC to become a state— the feds would still get the Capitol and Mall area but the District, where a population larger than Wyoming’s lives and works, would be admitted as a state.

Where on earth did you get that idea?

Uh, maybe from the DC statehood legislation

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/51

Or from the various hearings that have been held on this idea in the last 20 years?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most people don’t think a constitutional amendment is required for DC to become a state— the feds would still get the Capitol and Mall area but the District, where a population larger than Wyoming’s lives and works, would be admitted as a state.

Where on earth did you get that idea?

It would take a constitutional amendment to give the District of Columbia House and Senate seats. But, it would not take a constitutional amendment to carve out a new state out of everything except the National Mall and adjacent areas.

In particular, it didn't take a constitutional amendment to give a portion of DC back to Virginia, nor did it take constitutional amendments to add states. The constitution does not set a specific size or location for DC.

Anonymous wrote:Most people don’t think a constitutional amendment is required for DC to become a state— the feds would still get the Capitol and Mall area but the District, where a population larger than Wyoming’s lives and works, would be admitted as a state.

Where on earth did you get that idea?

No. Renaming the mayor would be a statutory change. It wouldn’t change the powers of the person, though, just the name.

Most people don’t think a constitutional amendment is required for DC to become a state— the feds would still get the Capitol and Mall area but the District, where a population larger than Wyoming’s lives and works, would be admitted as a state.

Of course. It would require DC to become a state.

Honest question