Talk:Washington, D.C., Admission Act

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Rename to "D.C. Admission Act"[edit]

Since the official title of the bill is "Washington, D.C. Admission Act," the article should reflect that and should have the title renamed to "D.C. Admission Act." Redirects should also be created. TechnicusFatuus (talk) 22:47, 28 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Over-simplification in D.C. statehood movement section[edit]

It says "owing to the District's status, the President of the United States is commander-in-chief of the National Guard, whereas in a state the commander-in-chief is the state's governor." which is mostly true under normal circumstances, but is not the full story. The thing about the National Guard in the US is that it is subject to being put under federal control without the consent of the state government.^[1] In other words, the President can make himself commander-in-chief of a state's national guard even if that state doesn't want that. That rarely happens, but it can happen, like if there is an emergency that the state governor is not properly dealing with or something. That is why there is a distinction between the United States National Guard and a state's State defense force.JMM12345 (talk) 05:45, 18 April 2021 (UTC) JMM12345[reply]

References

^ Jennifer Steinhauer (August 15, 2006). "Governors Resist Shifting Authority Over Guard". The New York Times.

Requested move 13 July 2021[edit]

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: Moved to Washington, D.C. Admission Act (non-admin closure) (t · c) buidhe 09:28, 20 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

DC Admission Act → D.C. Admission Act – Should articles use DC or D.C. every time the District of Columbia is abbreviated? MOS:ABBR does not yet address this acronym. –LaundryPizza03 (d c̄) 02:36, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

While I support the general idea of this change, since it makes the article consistent with Washington, D.C. and the actual title of the bill, shouldn't we use the actual bill name here: the Washington, D.C. Admission Act?--Yaksar (let's chat) 23:48, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support Yaskar's proposal for Washington, D.C. Admission Act. There is no need to use a shortened name when it makes things less clear. The official name, while 1 word longer, makes the title extremely clear. Gonnym (talk) 13:32, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

[1] Jennifer Steinhauer (August 15, 2006). "Governors Resist Shifting Authority Over Guard". The New York Times.

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