Xref: cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu alt.activism:42363 alt.conspiracy:21371 talk.politics.misc:176856 misc.legal:59949 Path: cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!das-news.harvard.edu!ogicse!usenet.coe.montana.edu!news.u.washington.edu!stein2.u.washington.edu!tzs From: tzs@stein2.u.washington.edu (Tim Smith) Newsgroups: alt.activism,alt.conspiracy,talk.politics.misc,misc.legal Subject: Re: Sick and tired (was Re: Bill Conklin (et al) 's letter) Message-ID: <1pqiubINNmht@shelley.u.washington.edu> Date: 6 Apr 93 00:30:03 GMT Article-I.D.: shelley.1pqiubINNmht References: <1993Apr3.223215.20655@colorado.edu> <1993Apr4.054843.22307@mks.com> Distribution: na Organization: University of Washington School of Law, Class of '95 Lines: 19 NNTP-Posting-Host: stein2.u.washington.edu In article <1993Apr4.054843.22307@mks.com> richw@mks.com (Rich Wales) writes: >Why can't you just cite us a case in which Joe Schmoe, a regular >employee earning regular wages from a regular company, refuses to pay >his income tax, gets hauled into court, is convicted of wilful tax eva- >sion, and then has his conviction overturned by the US Supreme Court >with a landmark 7-2 majority ruling that income tax is indeed totally >voluntary? What, you say? No such case exists? Hmmm, I wonder why >not; why haven't you? Unless I've got my notes mixed up, 939 F.2d 499 comes close to this. Regular guy. Blue-collar worker at a regular company. Hauled into court. Convicted. Appeals to 7th circuit. Makes all the right arguments (his brief is cited by Mr. Teel as an example of a "winning" brief). Shot down, 3-zip by the 7th circuit. Appeals to the Supreme Court. And... ...Certiorari denied. Defendant goes to jail. Oh well. --Tim Smith