DC Statehood (Part 1)
In this two part series we talk about the Congressional push to convert Washington DC into our 51st state. Professor Gerard Magliocca from the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law joins us to discuss the history, policy, and possible legal paths forward for this latest effort.
Sources:
- Wikipedia article ‘District of Columbia Democratic State Committee’
- National Constitution’s Interactive Constitution ’Article 4 - The Admissions Clause’ by Eric Biber and Thomas B. Colby
- National Constitution’s Interactive Constitution ‘Article 5’ by Michael B. Rappaport and David A. Strauss
- National Constitution’s Interactive Constitution ‘The 23rd Amendment’ by John S. Baker, Jr. and Aderson Bellegarde Francois
- The Hill article by Julia Manchester ‘Senate Democrats Reintroduce DC Statehood Bill’
- The Princeton Tory article by Akhil Rajasekar ‘The Case Against D.C. Statehood’