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There's another more important problem for that specific situation: statehood (and the equivalent representation) for D.C. would require a constitutional amendm
by culturestate 9y ago
There's another more important problem for that specific situation: statehood (and the equivalent representation) for D.C. would require a constitutional amendment.
- emodendroket 9y agoSo what? We've done that before.
- culturestate 9y agoIt's actually incredibly difficult to get a constitutional amendment heard and ratified. Even the equal rights amendment was shouted down despite massive bipartisan support. [Note] Also, such an amendment has already been sent to the states and failed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_Voting_Rights_Amendment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_Voting_Ri...
- emodendroket 9y agoI'm not denying that it's difficult, but it's been done, depending on how you want to count, either 27 or 18 times already. And there's no rule saying you can't consider an amendment again if it doesn't pass once.