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Article #54473Re: Statehood
From: James Meritt
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1992 13:54
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1992 13:54
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Two items: 1. Since the constitution prohibits the formation of a new state from other states, and DC was made up from Maryland refuse, can DC be made a state without constitutional correction? 2. Given that Barry was the recep of such a large vote from ward 8, and that the demo will wind up (most likely) the position, what are the chances of the rest of the US going along with statehood for a region that reelected a druggie womanizer?
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 101049,c0ea12765a50fbc5 X-Google-Attributes: gid101049,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1992-09-16 02:42:46 PST Newsgroups: dc.general Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!europa.asd.contel.com!darwin.sura.net!spool.mu.edu!agate!linus!linus.mitre.org!mwunix!m23364 From: m23364@mwunix (James Meritt) Subject: Re: Statehood Message-ID: <1992Sep16.135452.22200@linus.mitre.org> Sender: news@linus.mitre.org (News Service) Nntp-Posting-Host: mwunix.mitre.org Organization: MITRE Corporation, McLean VA References: <25101@oasys.dt.navy.mil> Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1992 13:54:52 GMT Lines: 12