A former Trump DOJ official, Chad Mizelle, has suggested that President Trump should declare Virginia's 1847 retrocession unconstitutional, forcing the Supreme Court to decide if Arlington and Alexandria are rightfully the District's. This move would weaken Virginia Democrats and disrupt their congressional map. Mizelle argues that D.C. could gain an additional 400,000 new Washingtonians and create a "People's Republic of Arlington" with skyscrapers, rich taxpayers, bar fights, and strategic control of the Potomac. While some conservatives call this idea a "reinvasion," some liberal Virginians might not stand going back to Taxation Without Representation.