The jurisdictional problem isn't as big as it seems, because not 100% of the land will be returning to Maryland, only 99.99% of it. To wit, the White House, the

The jurisdictional problem isn't as big as it seems, because not 100% of the land will be returning to Maryland, only 99.99% of it. To wit, the White House, the Capitol, and the Supreme Court building will still retain their status quo[0]. [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_retrocession#Proposed_Maryland_retrocession http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_retrocessi...