7. If the "seat of government" doesn't have to be 100 sq. mi., then it could just as easily be 1 sq. mi. And so even if it's unconstitutional for a state to exercise dominion over the "seat of government" (but see PA from 1790–1800), the "seat" can be just a small slice of D.C.
That in itself suggests the constitutional difficulty of stripping the District of all its voters. At a minimum, I don't see how it gets you to "they will be picked by the voters of Guam and Puerto Rico."
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I don't see how it's a "constitutional difficulty" rather than a practical problem Congress can solve. Even if 20 people live in the new "seat of government," the 23rd Amendment isn't an impediment to statehood for the *rest* of current D.C.
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