Some thoughts here.
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The income tax is voluntary.
There’s just no law requiring you to pay federal income taxes.
The Internal Revenue Code is not law.
The federal government can’t tax “free sovereign citizens.”
Have you heard these statements before? Maybe you have received e-mail or visited web sites making similar claims. Tax protestors believe that they do not have to pay taxes based on their interpretation of the law. They come across very authoritative. If you are wondering if these tax tricks could be true, read on. [click to continue…]
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It all started when Ashby Jones opened her WSJ Law Blog post with this: "Cornell is the Lady Gaga of the law-school world. Both are white hot, but the explanations behind each’s popularity don’t don’t fully add up." Then Above the Law's David Lat joined in with (among others): "If Cornell is Lady Gaga, maybe Harvard is Madonna — older, wealthier, and who Cornell aspires to be." Leading to the obvious question–if Cornell is Lady Gaga, who is the UA School of Law? See my answer after the break.
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The University of Akron School of Law’s Joseph G. Miller and William C. Becker Center for Professional Responsibility will offer its inaugural Journalism and the Law Lecture titled “Covering the Roberts Court in the Obama Era: A Reporter’s Reflections.” The lecture will be given by Adam Liptak, Supreme Court Correspondent and columnist for The New York Times. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will be held Tuesday, April 6 at 4 p.m. at The Quaker Square Inn at The University of Akron, 135 South Broadway, Akron, Ohio. One hour of free CLE credit will be offered.
In his presentation, Liptak will discuss the Supreme Court in a time of rapid change. After a decade without new justices in the final years of the Rehnquist Court, the Roberts Court has welcomed three new justices and it may well see a fourth appointment in the near future. Liptak will also consider the leadership of Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., the impact of Justice Sonia Sotomayor and the implications for the Court of the fact that it has become, given Democratic control of Congress and the Presidency, the most conservative of the three branches of government.
The lecture is offered free of charge, however registration is required. Click here to register.
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Deep thoughts on the issue here.
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Income Tax Forms, free tax filing and other tax information on government web sites.
Everyone can now file their federal taxes online for free! There are more options this year and no income limitations. [click to continue…]
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Get one barista's POV here. Also, the University of Cincinnati School of Law hosts a symposium entitled: The Globalization of Securities Regulation: Competition or Coordination?
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Jeff Skilling, former Enron CEO, has challenged his conviction for fraud and taken his appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States, raising two constitutional issues. He contends that one of the laws under which he was convicted is unconstitutionally vague, and that his trial should have been moved out of Houston because of adverse pretrial publicity. In this post I set forth the facts of the case. [click to continue…]
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And engaging in some name-calling along the way.
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The online edition of Cardozo Law Review de● novo has an entire issue devoted to the latest Second Amendment Supreme Court cases. The title of this special issue is called Firearms, Inc. and it includes essays and articles on:
- The legal and historical American right to bear arms.
- The right of self-preservation and resistance.
- The Second Amendment, the Fourteenth Amendment and the Privileges or Immunities Clause.
- District of Columbia v. Heller case- “The 2008 Supreme Court case Heller v. District of Columbia ruled that Washington D.C. gun control laws that effectively banned the possession of handguns violated an individual’s Second Amendment right to self-defense. After Heller, the federal government cannot prohibit the possession of handguns in the home.”
- What about applying this to the states? See upcoming McDonald v. City of Chicago Supreme Court case, oral argument schedule for March 2, 2010. “McDonald argues that the right to bear arms is a fundamental right that states should not be able to infringe. Chicago argues that states should be able to tailor firearm regulation to local conditions.” Several of the articles try to predict the outcome of the McDonald case.
Here is the list of articles. Click on the titles to read the essays. All are written by experts and scholars. Do you agree with them?
Here is an earlier posting I did on the Ohio Castle Doctrine: self-defense in the home.
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All is explained in the top 2 posts here.
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