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Originally Posted by Jas_lov
Won't DC statehood be challenged in the courts and go up to the Supreme Court? They can just strike down anything they don't like and there's nothing Roberts can do.
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It depends on how they do statehood. Congress has the power and authority to define how large the 'federal district' is (it has in the past). So it could just shrink the federal district to the Mall area and then the rest can be a state.
Even though folks like Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Alito were appointed by conservatives I don't think they'll just nakedly rule against that based on past precedent. Remember Gorsuch and Kavanaugh have both ruled on the 'liberal' side in certain cases (Gorsuch famously so).