Where's The Law?

Is there a law that enforces Americans to pay a federal income tax?

The authority of the federal government to collect its income tax depends upon the 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the federal income tax amendment, which was allegedly ratified in 1913.

However, the 16th Amendment was not ratified by the required 3/4 of the states, but nevertheless Secretary of State Philander Knox fraudulently announced ratification.

Article V of the U.S. Constitution specifies the ratification process, and requires 3/4 of the States to ratify any amendment proposed by Congress. There were 48 States in the American Union in 1913, meaning that affirmative action of 36 states was required for ratification. In February, 1913, Secretary of State Philander Knox issued a proclamation claiming that 38 states had ratified the amendment.

Upon investigation, the process of ratification of the 16th Amendment revealed some very disturbing facts. A review of the journals of the state legislative bodies you will discover that many states had not really ratified the Amendment.

The damning piece of evidence is a 16 page memorandum from the Solicitor of the Department of State, whose duty is the provision of legal opinions for the use of the Secretary of State. In this memorandum sent to the Secretary of State, the Solicitor of the Department of State lists the many errors he found in the ratification process.

33 states engaged in the unauthorized activity of amending the language of the amendment proposed by congress, a power the states do not possess.

Since 36 states were needed for ratification, the failure of 13 to ratify would be fatal to the amendment, and this occurs within the major defects tabulated in Defects in Ratification of the 16th Amendment. Revealing that in reality only 2 states have successfully ratified the 16th amendment of the Constitution, falling far short of the 36 states needed for it to become law.

Even if the 16th Amendment were properly ratified, according to Article 1, Section 9 of the Constitution, it has always been unconstitutional for the U.S. Federal Government to directly tax We the People in their property, wages, salaries, or earnings.

The judges of the U.S. Supreme Court rejected any claims that the 16th Amendment changed the constitutional limits on direct taxes in Brushaber v. Union Pacific R.R. Co., 240 U.S. 1, when they ruled that it "created no new power of taxation" and that it "did not change the constitutional limitations which forbid any direct taxation of individuals".