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Should Washington DC become the 51st State? Why or why not?

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DCarey · 46-50, M
No. It is unconstitutional. The Constitution requires the seat of government be a federal district, not a state. The residential sections of Washington could be retroceded to Maryland, as Arlington was retroceded to Virginia in the 1830s, but that is all.