The 16th Amendment gave Congress the power to lay and collect federal taxes. It was passed in 1909 and ratified in 1913. Following the Civil War, the tax was repealed, but a new income tax was ...

He made reference to a period prior to the 16th Amendment when the government was financed by tariffs rather than income ...

In Moore v. United States, each of the separate opinions contended that the 16th Amendment (ratified in 1913) "overruled" Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. (1895). For example, Justice ...

But it was something stranger: both a 40-year struggle and an accident. In 1913, the states ratified the 16th Amendment, which gave the federal government the power to “collect taxes on incomes ...

The government will file a review petition with the Supreme Court against its verdict that upheld the scrapping of 16th amendment of the constitution, Law Minister Anisul Huq says. Govt seeks ...

The government’s petition seeking review of the scrapping of 16th constitutional amendment is a stand against the judiciary, the Supreme Court Bar Association says. SC Verdict on 16th Amendment ...

Taxes can be tough – to file and to pay. Kameleon007/iStock / Getty Images Plus ...

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) in its judgement, which reinstated the Supreme Judicial Council to remove apex court judges for incapacity or violating the code of conduct, has said ...