Apparently, The Constitution Is Now Irrelevant
Displaying the same contempt for the rule of law previously displayed by The Washington Post, the editors of The Virginian-Pilot urge us to just ignore that pesky Constitution: The constitutional...
View ArticleGun Rights And Voting Rights For D.C.
The battle over the D.C. Vote bill will soon turn to the fate of the amendment that gutted most of the District’s draconian gun laws: Supporters of the D.C. vote bill expressed optimism yesterday that...
View ArticleMost Americans Oppose D.C. Vote Bill, Support Retrocession
A new Rasmussen poll indicates that, of all the possible remedies for the District of Columbia lack of representation in Congress, retrocession is the one Americans support the most: Congress is poised...
View ArticleD.C. Vote Bill Pulled From House Vote
It looks like the gun control amendment that the Senate added is turning into a problem for the bill to give the District of Columbia a vote in Congress: It looks like voters in the District of...
View ArticleD.C. Vote Bill Put On “Indefinite Hold”
What seemed like a certain victory for advocates of the D.C. Vote Bill has very quickly turned into a very possible and surprising defeat: The push to give the District its first full vote in the U.S....
View ArticleGun Control Continues To Tie Up D.C. Vote Bill
It’s not looking like the indefinite hold that was put on the D.C. Vote Bill earlier this week will be lifted anytime soon: D.C. vote supporters said yesterday that they are targeting more than 60...
View ArticleYes, You Can Give D.C. A Vote In Congress And Still Honor The Constitution
Over at U.S. News & World Report, Robert Schlesinger doesn’t display much patience for opponents of the D.C. Vote Bill: Critics focus their opposition to the legislation on a constitutional...
View ArticleEric Holder Suppressed DOJ Report Finding D.C. Vote Bill Unconstitutional
Today’s Washington Post reports that Attorney General Eric Holder rejected and ordered changes to a report that found the legislation to grant the District of Columbia a vote in Congress to be...
View ArticleD.C. Vote Bill Appears To Be Deadlocked
It’s been months since anyone in Congress has talked about advancing the bill to give the District of Columbia voting representation in Congress, and it doesn’t seem like that will be changing anytime...
View ArticleBill To Give Washington, D.C. A Vote In Congress Is Dead Yet Again
When we last left the legislative efforts to give the District of Columbia a vote on the floor of the House of Representatives, the bill was essentially deadlocked in the House after successful efforts...
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