We need to go back to the history and law books, lads. (Don’t need Q for this part)
This from the Heritage Foundation.
In the aftermath of the American Revolution, Madison originally wrote about the need for a site where lawmakers from throughout the Republic could assemble, free of so-called insults to the "public authority.”
In June 1783, several hundred unpaid and angry Continental soldiers had marched on Philadelphia, menacing Congress in Independence Hall itself.
Pennsylvania refused to intercede, Congress was forced to adjourn after two days, fleeing to New Jersey.
Anti-Federalists presciently feared a “sink of corruption and a potential nursery for tyrants.”
Eventually, the framers agreed there needed to be an actual sovereign territory where the federal part of the system could operate, free of the influences of any particular state. (The U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 17)
The Congress shall have Power To… exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the Acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States…
According to the author Lee A. Casey, (who no doubt charges in 10 minute increments for his “valuable time” as a partner at Baker Hostetler ) in 1846, Virginia “retroceded” Old Town Alexandria and Arlington County portions of the district, and “constitutionality of this act has never been determined.”
A Virginia taxpayer challenged the action. Tax rates were then more favorable in the District. His suit (Phillips v. Payne ((1875)) was dismissed for “lack of standing.” (Sound familiar?)
The Court, according to Casey, called the plaintiff’s suit an attempt to "vicariously raise a question.” Neither Virginia nor the Feds "desire[d] to make” such a controversy.
There's more, (history, blah, blah, blah).
But curious now, because of the National Guard’s presence, what key distinctions applicable to this situation there are between the laws of the District and that of the states?
Qs:
What laws in the days ahead favor the authority and positions of the Executive Branch and the 45th President of the United States (AKA: Good) in the waning days of his first term ?
What laws favor Congress and its allies who crawl about in The Swamp? (AKA: Evil)
We need to go back to the history and law books, lads. (Don’t need Q for this part) This from the Heritage Foundation. In the aftermath of the American Revolution, Madison originally wrote about the need for a site where lawmakers from throughout the Republic could assemble, free of so-called insults to the "public authority.”
Eventually, the framers agreed there needed to be an actual sovereign territory where the federal part of the system could operate, free of the influences of any particular state. (The U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 17)
The District was made permanent in 1800 with Maryland and Virginia carving out the ”ten miles square" on either side of the Potomac River.
According to the author Lee A. Casey, (who no doubt charges in 10 minute increments for his “valuable time” as a partner at Baker Hostetler ) in 1846, Virginia “retroceded” Old Town Alexandria and Arlington County portions of the district, and “constitutionality of this act has never been determined.”
A Virginia taxpayer challenged the action. Tax rates were then more favorable in the District. His suit (Phillips v. Payne ((1875)) was dismissed for “lack of standing.” (Sound familiar?)
The Court, according to Casey, called the plaintiff’s suit an attempt to "vicariously raise a question.” Neither Virginia nor the Feds "desire[d] to make” such a controversy.
There's more, (history, blah, blah, blah). But curious now, because of the National Guard’s presence, what key distinctions applicable to this situation there are between the laws of the District and that of the states? Qs: