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Eleanor Holmes Norton: There is nothing in the Constitution that bars the Nation's capital from becoming a state.

On the recordSeptember 18, 2019
There is nothing in the Constitution that bars the Nation's capital from becoming a state.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton argues that D.C. statehood is constitutionally permissible.

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