Eleanor Holmes Norton actually said...

It is simply, I think, unconstitutional and un-American to be asking how people are going to vote once they're admitted.

Norton argues against political tests for statehood admission.

03/21/2021

More Eleanor Holmes Norton Quotes

the important point here is that I looks like the Framers understood that they couldn't put everything in the Constitution.

Eighty-six percent of the people advised the Council to approve our new Constitution.

It should be noted for the record that the territories don't pay Federal income taxes and the District is No. 1 per capita in Federal income...

I don't believe the Founding Fathers actually intended this.