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Originally Posted by UPN Zuch
Isn’t DC always federal?
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It’s a hybrid. Among other things, it has a mayor and a city council, but is also considered a federal district. So, it’s not clear what local laws (which everywhere else would be state laws) would be treated like for constitutional pardon power purposes.
There are all kinds of weird constitutional issues about DC. It’s why the Heller case (the most important case about the 2nd amendment) was brought there.