JONATHAN TURLEY: House 'delegate' shows her confusion over Constitution

Editor's note: This essay was first published on the author's blog: Res ipsa loquitur – The thing itself speaks.

"This body and this nation has [sic] a territories and a colonies problem." Those words from Del. Stacey Plaskett echoed in the House chamber this week as the delegate interrupted the election of the House speaker to demand voting rights for herself and the representatives of other non-states. The problem, however, is not with the House, but with Plaskett and other members in...