February 29, 2004
Columnist James Kilpatrick shills for IRS
Originally Published on May-09-2001
WHEN ADVOCACY BECOMES INCITEMENT
by James Kilpatrick
Robert Bernhoft and Robert Raymond are "intelligent men." The 7th U.S. Circuit Court so certified them last September. Why, then, did they disseminate "false or misleading speech intended to incite imminent unlawful activity"?
Good question. The answer is that the two gentlemen believe passionately that the federal income tax, despite the terms of the 16th Amendment, violates other provisions of the Constitution. In 1995 they created and sold a three-volume program for avoiding the tax, and now they're in the U.S. Supreme Court defending their First Amendment right to proclaim their views.
The high court is not likely to grant their petition for review, but the case invites a fresh look at old doctrines of prior restraint. This is the story.
WHEN ADVOCACY BECOMES INCITEMENT
by James Kilpatrick
Robert Bernhoft and Robert Raymond are "intelligent men." The 7th U.S. Circuit Court so certified them last September. Why, then, did they disseminate "false or misleading speech intended to incite imminent unlawful activity"?
Good question. The answer is that the two gentlemen believe passionately that the federal income tax, despite the terms of the 16th Amendment, violates other provisions of the Constitution. In 1995 they created and sold a three-volume program for avoiding the tax, and now they're in the U.S. Supreme Court defending their First Amendment right to proclaim their views.
The high court is not likely to grant their petition for review, but the case invites a fresh look at old doctrines of prior restraint. This is the story.
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