A municipal legislature for local purposes, derived from their own suffrages, will, of course, be allowed them.
Eleanor Holmes Norton: “A municipal legislature for local purposes, derived from their own suffrages, will, of course, be allowed them.”
Editor's note · Context
Norton references Madison to support D.C. self-governance.
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