Digging Deeper

License Tax Cases, 72 U.S. 462 (1866)

By ftsig-admin / July 21, 2024 / Comments Off on License Tax Cases, 72 U.S. 462 (1866)

LINK TO CASE: https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=2852002685220457827 SIGNIFICANCE: Declared the first income tax instituted to fund the Civil War, the Revenue Act of 1861, 122 Stat. 292 unconstitutional. Ruled that Congress can TAX but cannot “authorize” (meaning LICENSE) the thing subject to tax within the constitutional states of the Union. This case also recognized the ability of the…

Pollock v. Farmers Loan and Trust, 157 U.S. 429 (1895)

By ftsig-admin / July 21, 2024 / Comments Off on Pollock v. Farmers Loan and Trust, 157 U.S. 429 (1895)

LINK TO CASE: https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=7292056596996651119 WIKIPEDIA: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollock_v._Farmers%27_Loan_%26_Trust_Co. SIGNIFICANCE: This was the first attempt after the civil war to implement an income tax. It was declared unconstitutional because it was a direct, unapportioned tax upon real property. In this case the Supreme Court found an 1884 tax law similar to the 1864 Tax Law in the Sprinter…

Frivolous position: The “United States” consists only of the District of Columbia, federal territories, and the federal enclaves

By ftsig-admin / July 19, 2024 / Comments Off on Frivolous position: The “United States” consists only of the District of Columbia, federal territories, and the federal enclaves

SOURCE: https://www.irs.gov/privacy-disclosure/the-truth-about-frivolous-arguments-section-i-a-to-c#contentionc2 IRS STATEMENT: C. The Meaning of Certain Terms Used in the Internal Revenue Code 2. Contention: The “United States” consists only of the District of Columbia, federal territories, and federal enclaves Some individuals and groups argue that the United States consists only of the District of Columbia, federal territories (e.g., Puerto Rico, Guam,…

Frivolous position: Taxpayer is not a “citizen” of the United States, and thus is not subject to the federal income tax laws

By ftsig-admin / July 19, 2024 / Comments Off on Frivolous position: Taxpayer is not a “citizen” of the United States, and thus is not subject to the federal income tax laws

SOURCE: https://www.irs.gov/privacy-disclosure/the-truth-about-frivolous-arguments-section-i-a-to-c#contentionc1 IRS STATEMENT: C. The Meaning of Certain Terms Used in the Internal Revenue Code 1. Contention: Taxpayer is not a “citizen” of the United States and thus is not subject to the federal income tax laws. Some individuals argue that they have rejected citizenship in the United States in favor of state citizenship;…

Frivolous Positions: Introduction

By ftsig-admin / July 19, 2024 / Comments Off on Frivolous Positions: Introduction

1. Introduction The term “frivolous” is defined as follows: Frivolous.  Of little weight or importance.  A pleading is “frivolous” when it is clearly insufficient on its face and does not controvert the material points of the opposite pleading, and is presumably interposed for mere purposes of delay or to embarrass the opponent.  A claim or defense…

Steward Machine Co. v. Davis, 301 U.S. 548 (1937)

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LINK TO CASE: https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=11777818167992631527 SIGNIFICANCE: Declared compelled participation in Social Security by artificial entities BUT NOT HUMAN BEINGS constitutional. Opinion written by Justice Brandeis, a jew. The Findlaw version of this case has some rather compelling admissions in it: ‘I shall not discuss at length the question of power sometimes claimed for the General Government…

Rogers v. Bellei, 401 U.S. 815 (1971)

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LINK TO CASE: https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=3117430109405641226 SIGNIFICANCE:

Afroyim v. Rusk, 387 U.S. 253 (1967)

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LINK TO CASE: https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=2521246303796542623 SIGNIFICANCE: Establishes CONSTITUTIONAL POLITICAL “citizen of the United States***” status in the Fourteenth Amendment as RIGHT that cannot be taken away without your consent rather than a PRIVILEGE that CAN be taken away without your consent.

Minor v. Happersett, 88 U.S. 162 (1875)

By ftsig-admin / July 19, 2024 / Comments Off on Minor v. Happersett, 88 U.S. 162 (1875)

LINK TO CASE: https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=5117525999793250938 SIGNIFICANCE: Established POLITICAL citizens* of a state as ipso facto also POLITICAL “citizens of the United States”. This forecloses any possibility that anyone can claim that they can be a state political citizen* without also being a national political citizen*.

United States v. Wong Kim Ark, 169 U.S. 649 (1898)

By ftsig-admin / July 19, 2024 / Comments Off on United States v. Wong Kim Ark, 169 U.S. 649 (1898)

LINK TO CASE: https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=3381955771263111765 SIGNIFICANCE: Establishes the TWO components of citizenship: nationality and civil status (domicile). For an article on this subject, see: REBUTTAL: MSNBC Lies about the Fourteenth Amendment, SEDMhttps://sedm.org/msnbc-lies-about-the-fourteenth-amendment/