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.
I'd be interested in seeing your long-form argument, but I remain skeptical that there is any way to get to having the District's electors chosen by people entirely outside the District without violence to the language and the history of the 23A.
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I don’t have a long-form argument, just a brief aside in a long article about something else. Maybe you don’t think a state legislature can choose to allocate EVs to the winner of the national popular vote either. But if you think they can, then this being OK should follow.
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I just don’t understand why the text of “Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors” should mean anything different from “The District ... shall appoint in such manner as the Congress may direct: a number of electors.”
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If you’re making an original intent argument I guess, but it’s not a textual argument to suggest two substantially identical clauses should mean different things and lead to different results.
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