Because when you read the act of 1871, it’s about incorporating DC to be its own city with its own municipal government. Congress originally governed DC directly. They shifted this responsibility to a new municipal government so that they could focus more on taxing and regulating the rest of the US.
Either some idiots or some scam artists hyper fixated on the word “incorporated”, completely ignored it’s common usage in the organization of city governments, and spun a tall tale about how the entire US is an economic corporation and we’re all judged under admiralty law in our court system. Or at least some nonsense along those lines; the story has changed several times since its inception.
The entire theory is predicated on ignorance of commonly used legal terms, and they’re counting on their listeners to eat up the theory based on an emotional reaction instead of actually understanding 1871 for themselves.
Because when you read the act of 1871, it’s about incorporating DC to be its own city with its own municipal government. Congress originally governed DC directly. They shifted this responsibility to a new municipal government so that they could focus more on taxing and regulating the rest of the US.
Either some idiots or some scam artists hyper fixated on the word “incorporated”, completely ignored it’s common usage in the organization of city governments, and spun a tall tale about how the entire US is an economic corporation and we’re all judged under admiralty law in our court system. Or at least some nonsense along those lines; the story has changed several times since its inception.
The entire theory is predicated on ignorance of commonly used legal terms, and they’re counting on their listeners to eat up the theory based on an emotional reaction instead of actually understanding 1871 for themselves.