Supreme Court Turns Away Appeal by DC Residents to Give Them Voting Member in Congress

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Supreme Court Turns Away Appeal by DC Residents to Give Them Voting Member in Congress
 Martin Walsh October 4, 2021

The Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal by Washington, D.C., residents seeking a voting member in the U.S. House of Representatives.

The nation’s highest court on Monday affirmed a lower court ruling that said District of Columbia residents are not entitled to voting representation in the House.

Residents had asked the high court to hear the issue. The court’s four-sentence order cited a case from 2000 in which the justices said the same thing.

“Residents of the District of Columbia are the only adult American citizens subject to federal income taxes who lack voting representation in Congress, except for felons in some States,” lawyers for the residents wrote in legal papers.

Earlier this year, the Democrat-controlled U.S. House of Representatives voted 216-208 to pass a bill that would grant statehood to Washington, D.C.

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[Wingnut]

A welcome outcome from the court. Since the recently House passed DC statehood bill will die in the Senate we will wait till the Rats try it again down the road.

[Free Vulcan]

SCOTUS did right in saying that statehood is the purview of Congress.

[libertybele]

Wow an actual positive.

[jmyrlefuller]

There is no reason for there to be permanent residency in the District to begin with.

[Smokin Joe]

Good. The Federal District should not be able to vote itself benefits from the rest of the country, it's a conflict of interests.