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16th Amendment
A Constitution “hard, but not that hard” to change
Ten years ago in a public conversation, journalist Marvin Kalb asked the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia what he would…
June Supreme Court decisions to include Trump, abortion, Second Amendment
The Supreme Court’s current term is heading toward a noteworthy June, with major decisions expected about former President…
Battle for the Constitution: Week of September 27th, 2021 Roundup
Here is a round-up of the latest from the Battle for the Constitution: a special project on the constitutional debates in…
How we wound up with the income tax
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…
Tax Day trivia: Why do we have the IRS (and other factoids)?
April 15 is usually marked each year as the traditional deadline for filing taxes, so it’s not exactly celebrated as a holiday.…
Happy birthday, 15th and 16th Amendments
Today we celebrate a constitutional ratification twofer: the 15th Amendment (ratified February 3, 1870) and the 16th Amendment…
