The Relationship Between the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution
- March 21, 2017
Was the Supreme Court right to call Obamacare’s insurance penalty a “tax?”
READ MOREAre you interested in the true meaning of, and limits on, the Constitution’s much-abused Commerce Power? In a speech at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City on November 19, 2013, I outlined the intended scope of the power, how I reached my conclusions, and how the Supreme Court has stretched the Commerce Power
READ MORE“But, money being fungible, the IRS may simply deem my first $1,000 of income-tax withholding to be payment of that penalty,” & use all its intimidation power to collect the $1000 or real tax owed. Continue reading
READ MOREPretty much any other mandate could be magically converted into a tax by the same sleight of hand – so long as the penalty for violating it is a fine similar to the one that enforces the individual mandate. Continue reading
READ MOREPretty much any other mandate could be magically converted into a tax by the same sleight of hand – so long as the penalty for violating it is a fine similar to the one that enforces the individual mandate. Continue reading
READ MOREThe rampant sophistry of the SCOTUS decision. Why mandatory insurance is not a tax, and if it is, it’s unconstitutional because it’s a direct tax that is not apportioned among the states. Continue reading
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