It all started in 1913 with the ratification of the 16th Amendment to the Constitution. In a moment of fiscal irresponsibility, the states approved a federal income tax without limits and without any ...
As mask mandates remain in effect nationwide due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, social media users are skeptical that the efforts to curb the virus are temporary. Some claim that promises ...
Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the Constitution and civics education written by Paul G. Summers, retired judge and state attorney general. The Sixteenth Amendment, ...
The Sixteenth Amendment, ratified in February 1913, created the federal income tax in America. Income taxation is now an issue discussed daily in the United States. FILE - This July 24, 2018, file ...
A Feb. 12 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows what appears to be a 1985 IRS memo from then-IRS Commissioner Roscoe Egger Jr. The text of the supposed memo claims that in a 1985 lawsuit, a ...
In Moore v. United States, each of the separate opinions contended that the 16th Amendment (ratified in 1913) "overruled" Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. (1895). For example, Justice Kavanaugh's ...
Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Nearly all of the wealth of super-rich Americans is tied up in “unrealized” gains, ...
Paul G. Summers is a lawyer. He is a former appellate and senior judge, district attorney general, and the attorney general of Tennessee. Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to ...