There is nothing in the Constitution that bars the Nation's capital from becoming a state.
Eleanor Holmes Norton: “There is nothing in the Constitution that bars the Nation's capital from becoming a state.”
On the recordSeptember 18, 2019
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Norton argues that D.C. statehood is constitutionally permissible.
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