Comments on: House Passes D.C. Vote Bill http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/04/19/house-passes-dc-vote-bill/ Life. Liberty. Property. Defending individual freedom and liberty, one post at a time. Wed, 22 May 2013 18:26:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: John C. Clark Company http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/04/19/house-passes-dc-vote-bill/#comment-25922 John C. Clark Company Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:28:21 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/04/19/house-passes-dc-vote-bill/#comment-25922 District of Columbia Vote Unconstitutional…

The House today passed legislation to give the District a full seat in Congress, marking the biggest victory in nearly three decades in the city’s quest for voting rights. Isn't this unconstitutional?

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]]> By: trav.is http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/04/19/house-passes-dc-vote-bill/#comment-25898 trav.is Fri, 20 Apr 2007 00:30:25 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/04/19/house-passes-dc-vote-bill/#comment-25898

It seems that the only argument any opponent to this bill can muster is that “it’s Unconstitutional,” and even that is a murky argument…

Is there a better reason than unconstitutionality? And why is it “murky?”
From the Constitution, Article 1, Section 2: The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States, and the Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature.

The District is not a state. Period. This isn’t debatable. Either amend the Constitution or have DC apply for and receive statehood, but don’t whine about it.

]]> By: Dan http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/04/19/house-passes-dc-vote-bill/#comment-25897 Dan Thu, 19 Apr 2007 23:57:46 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/04/19/house-passes-dc-vote-bill/#comment-25897 It seems that the only argument any opponent to this bill can muster is that “it’s Unconstitutional,” and even that is a murky argument, since the Constitution also allows for Congress to exercise broad legislative powers over the District.

What all this ignores is the moral issue. The people of my city pay federal taxes, can serve in wars, can and have died for this country, but we have no say in Congress when it comes to what wars this country engages in, or what the federal budget entails.

One of the founding tenets of this nation was that there shall be no taxation without representation, and yet this becomes hypocrisy when it comes to the District of Columbia.

The reason that the only argument regularly given against this measure is its disputed lack of Constitutionality because there isn’t any defensible _moral_ argument against it.

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