3. Critically, the Constitution does not say (1) *where* the capital will be; or (2) whether it must be *exactly* 10 square miles. It deliberately left both of those determinations to Congress. Enter Alexander Hamilton, the Residence Act of 1790, and "the room where it happens."
How would that not also require an amendment, given the text of the 23d?
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The text says the District’s three votes are allocated “in such manner as the Congress may direct.” As long as they meet in DC to vote I don’t see how the text would preclude that.
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It specifically says that "the District" shall appoint them (in such manner as the Congress may direct). The plain language, as understood in 1960 (when all states had chosen electors by popular vote for a century), would seem rather clearly to mean the voters of the District.
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