"Dave" wrote ...
On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 16:28:11 -0400, DSK said:

The income tax is also unconstitutional... the Supreme Court knocked
down a Federal income tax two or three times (maybe more) before they
finally let it stick... the reason? World War 1.

Nope. The Sixteenth Amendment. Just as today, the court got out of line,
and
the people gave them a slap the old fashioned way--by amending the
Constitution when the judges got it wrong.


That's not entirely true. The constitution spells out how it must be amended
and in offering the amendment congress stipulated a time limit for
ratification. That didn't happen. So congress extended the time for states
to consider it. During that extension enough states ratified it BUT at the
same time others withdrew their ratification.