Special Language
DEFINITIONS: “Property”
EDITORIAL: More cites on property are available at: United States v. County of Allegheny, 322 U.S. 174, 187-188 (1944) ”The…
DEFINITIONS: Federal Supremacy/Preemption
EDITORIAL: The power to write regulations federally originates in 5 U.S.C. §301, which limits the authority to regulate to heads…
DEFINITIONS: “Public Domain”
“The Constitution permits Congress to dispose of and to make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other…
Site Symbology for Political Terms “United States”, “State”
Throughout this site, we consistently employ the following symbology conventions for political terms. We emphasize that according to the U.S.…
DEFINITIONS: INTERNAL and EXTERNAL, DOMESTIC and FOREIGN terms
The purpose of this article is to clarify standards surrounding the context and use of the terms INTERNAL, EXTERNAL, DOMESTIC,…
DEFINITIONS: “trade or business”
WARNINGS!: 26 U.S.C. §7701(a)(26) “The term ‘trade or business’ includes the performance of the functions of a public office.” Copilot:…
DEFINITIONS: “Effectively Connected”
SOURCE: The Truth About “Effectively Connecting”, Form #05.056, Section 2; SOURCE: https://sedm.org/Forms/05-MemLaw/EffectivelyConnected.pdf. “Effectively connected” is only used in the context…
DEFINITIONS: “source within the United States”
26 U.S. Code § 861 – Income from sources within the United States EDITORIAL: Note that the hyperlinks to terms…
DEFINITIONS: “Withholding Agent”
26 U.S.C. §7701(a)(16) TITLE 26 > Subtitle F > CHAPTER 79 > Sec. 7701.Sec. 7701. – Definitions (a)(16) Withholding agent The term ”withholding agent” means…
DEFINITIONS: “Wages”
The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith, p. 675, 1776; SOURCE: https://www.ibiblio.org/ml/libri/s/SmithA_WealthNations_p.pdf EDITORIAL: Smith deplored capitations as inequitable, inflationary, counterproductive, and…