D.C. proposed statehood considerations:

Population and area:

Two states have a population lower than D.C.: Wyoming and Vermont.

However, D.C. is far smaller in area than any state. D.C.: 68 square miles. Rhode Island: 1,545 square miles.

Constitutionality:

Article I, Section 8, Clause 17:

"[The Congress shall have power] ... To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings;–And ..."

Twenty-Third Amendment:

"Section 1 The District constituting the seat of Government of the United States shall appoint in such manner as the Congress may direct:

A number of electors of President and Vice President equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to which the District would be entitled if it were a State, but in no event more than the least populous State; they shall be in addition to those appointed by the States, but they shall be considered, for the purposes of the election of President and Vice President, to be electors appointed by a State; and they shall meet in the District and perform such duties as provided by the twelfth article of amendment.

Section 2 The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation."

Practicality:

Two more Democrat senators would be guaranteed for the foreseeable future.

Bottom line:

D.C. statehood = unconstitutional without constitutional amendment, and would be possibly permanent takeover of power by Democrats.

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