the Office of Legal Counsel, which is that unit in the Justice Department, that office that is charged with looking at these constitutional questions and providing dispassionate, impartial, nonpartisan legal counsel, has consistently said there is no constitutional authority for Congress to snap its fingers, use a statute to turn D.C. into a State.
Hawley emphasizes the consistent legal stance against D.C. statehood.
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