Summary
For far too long the injustice of disenfranchisement for U.S. citizens in the District of Columbia has seemed to defy a permanent constitutional remedy. That is one reason the attempt to find a near- term statutory fix has been embraced so broadly.
Of course, any statutory remedy that survives a court challenge will be a first step that ultimately must lead to a constitutional solution. History teaches that the mechanisms of the Constitution itself ultimately must be employed to end a denial of rights that is in effect permitted by the Constitution itself.See the full content of this document
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Hard Truths About D.C. Vote
Who would argue that a federal statute ending denial of equal citizenship based on race would have sufficed in lieu of the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments? Why the 23rd Amendment, instead of an act of Congress to give D.C. a presiden...
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