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Al Norris · February 26, 2009, 07:38 PM

Article II, Section 1, clause 2:
No Person shall be a Representative who shall not ... when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen.

Article III, Section 1, clause 2:
No person shall be a Senator who shall not ... when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen.

Any way you try to read this, the Constitution requires a Representative or a Senator to be a resident of the State from which he was chosen. Any change to this requires a Constitutional Amendment. Mere legislation cannot make D.C. a State. Mere legislation cannot give a Constitutionally defined Federal Enclave representation within the Congress.

February 26, 2009, 07:38 PM	#24
Al Norris Moderator Emeritus Join Date: June 29, 2000 Location: Rupert, Idaho Posts: 9,660	Article II, Section 1, clause 2: No Person shall be a Representative who shall not ... when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen. Article III, Section 1, clause 2: No person shall be a Senator who shall not ... when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen. Any way you try to read this, the Constitution requires a Representative or a Senator to be a resident of the State from which he was chosen. Any change to this requires a Constitutional Amendment. Mere legislation cannot make D.C. a State. Mere legislation cannot give a Constitutionally defined Federal Enclave representation within the Congress.