The District of Columbia Act of 1871 & the Power to Control Government

The Founding Fathers expected the states to quarrel. To prevent one state from holding undue influence over the government of the new union, Congress was given exclusive legislative control of a district no larger than ten miles square that would become the seat of the government of the United States.Show more

There’s nothing in the Constitution or laws of the United States that allows the District of Columbia to be a private corporation or to exercise any power over another city or state. This appears to be little more than a tactic to scare the American people into believing their control over government has been taken away by some mysterious cabal of evildoers.

Sadly, the truth is even worse. Our power to control government has not been taken away, we are merely unwilling to wield it or to wield it justly.

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