tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10424035.post115955082269076062..comments2023-09-11T08:58:24.710-06:00Comments on Reach Upward: The Governor's Plan is WRONG!Scott Hinrichshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11831447472339880148noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10424035.post-1159824451376226462006-10-02T15:27:00.000-06:002006-10-02T15:27:00.000-06:00I agree with Anonymous. Congressman Bishop has no...I agree with Anonymous. Congressman Bishop has noted that DC had a representative in the House from 1790 to 1801 (see <A HREF="http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,650194804,00.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>).<BR/><BR/>The idea was that <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_One_of_the_United_States_Constitution#Section_8:_Powers_of_Congress" REL="nofollow">Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution</A> gives Congress the power "To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever" over Washington, D.C., and that giving DC a fully representative seat lies within this prerogative.<BR/><BR/>I disagree with this interpretation, even in Conressman Bishop likes it. I do not understand how it can be said that the Founders intended Art. I, Sec. 8 to permit Congress to override the provsions in Art. I, Sec. 2. It flies in the face of reason.Scott Hinrichshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11831447472339880148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10424035.post-1159820011539752582006-10-02T14:13:00.000-06:002006-10-02T14:13:00.000-06:00Washington DC was a small town for decades after i...Washington DC was a small town for decades after its creation. Neither the Constitutional Convention nor Congress envisioned that it would have hundreds of thousands of residents who would want to have representation in Congress, and vote for president. The 23rd Amendment was an error, a way of institutionalizing three Democratic votes in the Electoral College. Returning all of the residential and commercial portions of the District to Maryland will give all Washington residents their voting rights without creating a precedent for giving a Representative and two Senators to Guam!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10424035.post-1159575552900341002006-09-29T18:19:00.000-06:002006-09-29T18:19:00.000-06:00You are absolutely right about this manipulation t...You are absolutely right about this manipulation to get another congressional seat early. I was among those who felt that Utah should have gained a seat after the 2000 census, but this is not the solution. Having one more seat is not going to make that much of a difference in the next six years. Nobody is going to campaign in the solidly-republican Utah with 6 electoral votes who was not already going to campaign in Utah for 5 electoral votes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com