"majestic" and "plenary"... Words used by Judge Kenneth Starr in his testimony of June 23, 2004 before the House Committee on Government Reform, supporting the view that the Constitution permits Congress to provide for DC voting representation legislatively.
Given that the District Clause closely resembled the Declaratory Act, and therefore also usurps the inalienable (inherent, intrinsic) right of the people to grant or withold consent of their government through representatives that they select, we might choose slightly different words to describe the situation, such as, maybe,
for MAJESTIC--
Monarchic??
Undemocratic??
Totalitarian??
Despotic??
Tyrannical??
Autocratic...??
Dictatorial??
Authoritarian??
And for PLENARY--
Comprehensive??
Sweeping??
Overweening??
Overreaching??
Indiscriminate??
Arrogant??
Unjustified??
Overbearing??
"Yet it is folly to argue against determined hardness; eloquence may strike the ear, and the language of sorrow draw forth the tear of compassion, but nothing can reach the heart that is steeled with prejudice."
Thomas Paine, The American Crisis, Number One, December 23, 1776 (qv)
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