Congress’ Duty to Intervene
Considering the Supreme Court’s broad decision in District of Columbia v. Heller, I’m surprised that The Post would continue to raise the tired old canard of home rule […]
Moreover, when Congress chose to delegate home rule to the District in the 1970s, it specified that legislation enacted by the District must be “consistent with the Constitution of the United States,” and it “reserve[d] the right, at any time, to exercise its constitutional authority as legislature for the District, by enacting legislation for the District on any subject.”
The time is now for Congress to step in to protect the rights of law-abiding Americans.
July 31st, 2008 at 12:24 pm
DC should only have two residential residences – The Pres and The Vice.
That’s.it.
All other areas of the District should be;
a) Rezoned Commercial, Federal, or Industrial
b) Transferred to a neighboring state.
The FedGov has had massive relocation programs before, they should do it again.
It is only because Congress wants their own ‘pet’ humans who they lord over that this situation of disenfranchisement exists. It is appalling that this has happened in this country. TinPot dictators do this to their subjects. They don’t have a voting representative in Congress. That – in and of itself – is Unconstitutional….
August 2nd, 2008 at 10:46 am
It’s actually a bit more complicated than that. returning the populated areas of DC to Maryland has been proposed and soundly rejected by both DC’s residents and politicians. The city government doesn’t want to became a mere county. Likewise, Maryland residents and politicians don’t want DC’s problems themselves either.
The US congress doesn’t want to give DC government a free reign mostly because it can’t be trusted to not do something stupid.
Example: Even though DC has those “taxation without representation” license plates, the very first thing they would do if they were released from the chains of congress would be for them to implement a commuter tax. This would have the effect of … wait for it … Imposing a tax on the salaries of workers not residing (and thus not able to vote) in the district.