A majority in the US Senate has voted to violate the Constitution to aid the Democratic Party in future elections. On Feb. 26, 61 US Senators voted for a bill to grant the District of Columbia a voting member in the House of Representatives. One could argue that the bill is, or is not, a good idea, but it is nevertheless unconstitutional, and thus the Senate vote was an act of fascism rather than the rule of law.
The District of Columbia is not a state and thus has never had voting members in the US Congress. If the Congress wanted to give the District voting members in Congress, then the current Congress would have to pass a Constitutional amendment.
Consider that when Congress wanted to let DC choose electors for the office of President, it ratified the 23rd Amendment in 1961, which states:
“The District constituting the seat of Government of the United States shall appoint in such manner as the Congress may direct: A number of electors of President and Vice President equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to which the District would be entitled if it were a State, but in no event more than the least populous State; they shall be in addition to those appointed by the States, but they shall be considered, for the purposes of the election of President and Vice President, to be electors appointed by a State; and they shall meet in the District and perform such duties as provided by the twelfth article of amendment.”
This amendment explicitly states that DC is not a state, and proves that to give DC any powers reserved for the states requires a Constitutional amendment.
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