Should D.C. Be Represented in Congress?

I recently collaborated on two articles about the pending District of Columbia Voting Rights Act of 2009.

1. Voting Representation for the District of Columbia: Violating the Framers’ Vision and Constitutional Commands

Lawmakers must reject any legislative proposal granting the residents of the District of Columbia a separate, voting representative in Congress. Providing such a representative would run afoul of a commonsense understanding of the Constitution, the intentions of the Founders, and more than two centuries of interpretation by legislators and the courts.

1. D.C. Representation: How Congress Promotes the Interests of the District of Columbia

Congress’s latest attempt to grant representation to the District of Columbia by legislative fiat is not only unconstitutional but potentially contrary to the District’s interests.