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The issue should be the precedent set with retrocession

Posted on: April 22, 2021 at 12:56:09 CT
Spanky KU
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For DC, the land should be returned to the state(s) that ceded it to the federal gummint... not made into a separate state

http://www.virginiaplaces.org/boundaries/retrocession.html

For Puerto Rico (or Guam or Samoa or any other place) Congress has the power to admit a territory into the union as a state... just as they did with every state since the signing of the Constitution.
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Poll - mizzouSECedes STL - 4/22 12:37:41
     It would if you follow the Consititution But this is - GA Tiger MU - 4/22 16:18:12
          oh, you’re back to caring for the constitution? (nm) - pickle MU - 4/22 16:24:11
     True - tcat KC - 4/22 13:09:31
     Yes(nm) - Ragnar Danneskjold MU - 4/22 13:06:54
     Maybe. The 23rd Amendment language doesn't really - TigerJackSwartz MU - 4/22 12:52:22
     Doesn't really matter what you think. The Constitution - DHighlander NWMSU - 4/22 12:51:07
     Article IV Section 3 Clause 1 - Say_What MU - 4/22 12:48:58
          It also conveniently ignores article 1 section 8 - DHighlander NWMSU - 4/22 12:54:16
               no (nm) - pickle MU - 4/22 12:56:13
                    I think this qualifies as lazy... - Gyro MU - 4/22 12:57:57
                         no (nm) - pickle MU - 4/22 13:20:33
                              You've really transitioned well... - Gyro MU - 4/22 13:24:32
                                   i can see why you’d think so - pickle MU - 4/22 13:53:05
          Yep, legally that is not ambiguous at all(nm) - Gyro MU - 4/22 12:51:39
     No - JayHoaxH8r MU - 4/22 12:44:56
     It appears so(nm) - meatiger MU - 4/22 12:40:18
     Nope - Spanky KU - 4/22 12:39:07
          BRAVO BRAVO... - Gyro MU - 4/22 12:45:24
               The issue should be the precedent set with retrocession - Spanky KU - 4/22 12:56:09
               He will must follow what the Court will say(nm) - meatiger MU - 4/22 12:46:34




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