Explain, from the constitution, how only states have the right to vote is bull?
And this will change the fact that the streets of DC are a hell hole how?
explain how you cant read
Fact is you don't support American's right to vote in our own nation based on where they live...simply because you know they would not vote the way you want. if DC was Republican you would be all for it.
A Republican seat in Utah is being added to offset the difference. That does not makes it a good idea.
A Republican seat in Utah is being added to offset the difference. That does not makes it a good idea.
As for the commonwealth notion. In the time of the writing and ratifying of the constitution a commonwealth simply meant a state. Hobbes and Locke seem to back this up. It is widely accepted that the founders intended these as states. What they did not intend was that DC would get voting rights. Virginia, Kentucky etc are states legally under the constitution. DC is not.
Commonwealth today and commonwealth at that time have two very different meanings. I would be open to putting the non federal DC areas back under control of Maryland to ensure that the people are represented.
You need to hit the books and see why DC was created as an impartial, non-voting district and national seat of government, pal.
Hey, but who's kidding whom.
The school funding is among the highest in the land yet the education is close to the lousiest. Crime is rampant. Local government is corrupt. If liberals see one voting representative as some sort of justice for that, they can knock themselves out.