Democrats Introduce Legislation To Make DC The 51st State
https://en-volve.com/2021/01/27/breaking-democrats-introduce-legislation-to-make-dc-the-51st-state-and-give-dems-full-control-of-senate/?fbclid=IwAR0dBv_6SvrGjSPApk9iwVhpxw22rkwVCJcX331yF8bG_oAYaIE0faGiD7A
Why now?
It has been argued that the District of Columbia is an international city-state, making it foreign ground with respect to the American people and its united States. Just like City of London and Vatican City, are NOT part of England and Italy respectively.
In 1871, our government defaulted on its war debts, forcing America into bankruptcy. On February 21st, 1871 England claimed what was theirs, according to international law, and incorporated the ten-mile square that is Washington D.C.. England also incorporated the American Constitution and named for its new corporation, THE UNITED STATES, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, U.S., and USA, as well as other titles, as declared in the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871.
Until recently, I have always dismissed these arguments, but it just seems odd to me that all of sudden, a political party wants to make this 10 square mile “district” a State to gain political advantage.
Has something changed?
Does it have something to do with the current military occupation under 11.3?
Side Note: I found an interesting article in the Atlantic RE how the rights of Corporations came to be.
Excerpt: "in a feat of deceitful legal alchemy, Southern Pacific and its wily legal team had, with the help of an audacious Supreme Court justice, set up the Fourteenth Amendment to be more of a bulwark for the rights of businesses than the rights of minorities. …in cases like the notorious Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), SC justices refused to read the Constitution as protecting the rights of African Americans, the real intended beneficiaries of the Fourteenth Amendment. Between 1868, when the amendment was ratified, and 1912, the Supreme Court would rule on 28 cases involving the rights of African Americans and an astonishing 312 cases on the rights of corporations.
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2018/03/corporations-people-adam-winkler/554852/