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, ...

On July 20, 2024, in a 7-2 decision, the Supreme Court held that the Code Sec. 965 mandatory repatriation tax was constitutional under the Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution. The majority opinion ...

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, ...

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 ...

Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH) proposed legislation aimed at repealing the 16th Amendment, which allows the government to tax people’s income. The congressman brought up his legislation in an interview ...

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 ...

U.S. philantropist and oil magnate John D. Rockefeller gives a dime to a child. After “robber barons” like Rockefeller amassed a staggering amount of wealth in the late 19th century, the progressive ...

Income taxes are taxes that are collected on the individual earnings of persons or entities. Depending on the jurisdiction, income taxes are calculated and collected ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Taxes can be tough – to file and to pay. Kameleon007/iStock / Getty Images Plus Most Americans don’t like doing, or paying, their ...

If any constitutional amendment can be hated, it would be the 16th Amendment. Passed by Congress in 1909 and ratified by the states in 1913, it allowed Congress to “levy income taxes without ...