Ridin' with Biden

[Tony Stark]

Something else to consider. --Rhode Island is an incredibly small state and it has 1500 square miles. Now, you want to make a state out of fewer than 70 square miles?====No way

Does The Construction set a minimum size of a state?

 

[Tony Stark]

Something else to consider. --Rhode Island is an incredibly small state and it has 1500 square miles. Now, you want to make a state out of fewer than 70 square miles?====No way

The new state surrounding DC would have a higher population than Wyoming.

 

[Tony Stark]

Correct, but now you are going to want the new state and DC both to have Electors and that can't fly.

Why cant it?

 

[Mercor]

You might see large states donating 10 square miles to make a new state
Just to get more senators to offset the new DC Senators
Even a private owner of land could start a process for a new state with 10 square miles
This is what happens when things are done for politics....

 

[Buy1Sell2]

DC itself would not be a state.

Correct.

 

[Tony Stark]

As you can see here, the language of the 23rd Amendment states "if it were a state", thus a constitutional amendment would be needed to correct this if the land outside The Fed buildings etc were to be made a state. It can't be done with just legislation. The only move would be to incorporate these areas back into Maryland as was done with land retroceded back to Virginia before. If that was done though, you would still need a constitutional amendment to remove the Electors allotted to the district as several hundred people would now have too much power in The Electoral College.

Congress has the authority to redefine the borders of the federal district.It did so in 1846.

 

[Tony Stark]

You might see large states donating 10 square miles to make a new state
Just to get more senators to offset the new DC Senators

This is what happens when things are done for politics....

Dems states can do the same.

 

[Buy1Sell2]

The new state surrounding DC would have a higher population than Wyoming.

But not land mass. And it is obviously a political ploy to seize more power. If it was just about representation, you would be in favor of incorporating the areas back into Maryland.

 

[Tony Stark]

Correct.

Indeed.DC would stay DC with Congress redefining its borders as it did in 1846 and a new state would be made around it.

 

[Buy1Sell2]

Congress has the authority to redefine the borders of the federal district.It did so in 1846.

As I indicated, land was ceded back to Virginia.