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Battle for the Constitution: Week of September 27th, 2021 Roundup

by NCC Staff

Here is a round-up of the latest from the Battle for the Constitution: a special project on the constitutional debates in…

Battle for the Constitution: Week of September 27th, 2021 Roundup
How we wound up with the income tax

by Scott Bomboy

Imagine a world with a federal income tax; if you were an American citizen before 1913, with a few exceptions you didn’t have to…

How we wound up with the income tax
Tax Day trivia: Why do we have the IRS (and other factoids)?

by Scott Bomboy

April 15 is usually marked each year as the traditional deadline for filing taxes, so it’s not exactly celebrated as a holiday.…

Tax Day trivia: Why do we have the IRS (and other factoids)?
Happy birthday, 15th and 16th Amendments

by NCC Staff

Today we celebrate a constitutional ratification twofer: the 15th Amendment (ratified February 3, 1870) and the 16th Amendment…

Happy birthday, 15th and 16th Amendments
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