Evening star., 1947-03-02
Civic Problems, Civic Bodies


District Hopeful Despite Postponement;
Our Amendment Case Is Unanswerable
By Jesse c. suter
Action Capper Amendment Postponed Indefinitely
The Senate Committee the Judiciary Wednesday,
Of to indefinitely action capper
on OF the United States which would give Congress
could Congress among
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from time The pnds
with that introduced Seventy congress
Many hearings these proposals held
of both House and Senate The resulting hearings
time have proponents inclined
to believe % that the outcome outcome W would @ be favorable report
the ~ he as
American that is hard believe that
Of the judiciary Committee NAV detect what @ ths
flaws the form the Constitution but
they cannot find flaw whatever underlying principles
at the the en a
for ana sp he
ny1 I and national to formulate form of amendment
The viewpoints of most of the members Judiciary
proposal supposed results but
that that ss1T te6
Of the @ Of he do e afns 5sed9 the
and they would down with and
In The Star 1927 Noyes sad
to vh I xsS a f m OF the Ams
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and which the courts say may not surrender without
Ihe forcsfu argument made by Mr. Noyes February
blosht Htsa to tsa Of
the readers of this column Therefore
mo Constitutional Prohibition" Moves Arsument
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consent lack other attributes State
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Judge the of its own members Congress could
and the uedsd sa The poyen that
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equal in the Senate that State could with
the States on equal 00ns In with
not be admit the nonsovegn
Union with representation according population
other States Under
this the Nation
power OF legislation the District and the District
representation
rudimentary representation
branches not higher grade
granting all the powers
othsr Dssto~
the rights and privileges of State
than amp Does not the greater include the
II the constitutional provisions taken together the
mission the Union of
these constitutional obstacles
the organic law of the Nation essential
petition, asking this
The effect of this amendment not admit the
the State
miles under the exclusive Congress repre-
senaon citizens college
Not State but political status created
This supplement
vision defining explicitly
the political status of the residents the
and creates American constituency
and the electoral college, State but politically up
District of Columbia enfranched
and made unique by the Constitution.
This factor scheme National
senaon unusual peculiar extraordinary but
peculiar and extraordinary original creation
retention by the Republic
district physically within the United States
its Capital but politically outside of the United States
whch
they exercised creating this unique
District Twotrd
to the of this unique District equally political
Political Status Not Interchangeable (Noyes ArgumenD
"The problem of deal politically
not solved by the arbitrary dctum that their
that their political npoency inrabe that
condition voluntarily accepted by them century
complaint century
American brthrigh of national representation only
and not for all time
prohibited contemplating changes in political