Constitution Daily Blog
Taxing Clause
On this day: “No taxation without representation!”
The Stamp Act Congress met on this day in New York in 1765, a meeting that led nine Colonies to declare the English Crown had no…
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…
Donald Trump and the history of tariffs and trade
The incoming Trump administration will focus on tariffs and trade, and a brief review of their history might help to put Trump’s…
