Fact Check: 'Act Of 1871' Did NOT Establish The United States As A Corporation That Owns Its Residents
Fact Check
Did the "Act of 1871" establish the United States as a corporation? No, that's not true: The District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871 established a new, unified government for Washington, D.C. It "incorporated" that city, a common legal term by which areas are organized for governance by a single entity. In this case, two cities and a county were…