JTaggart on Nostr: OK so the key is that 26 U.S. Code § 7701 - Definitions says that "The term ...

OK so the key is that 26 U.S. Code § 7701 - Definitions says that "The term “State” shall be construed to include the District of Columbia"

And then they cite a supreme court case saying "When a statute
includes an explicit definition, we must follow that definition, even if it varies from that term’s ordinary meaning.
942 STENBERG v. CARHART
Meese v. Keene, 481 U. S. 465, 484–485 (1987) (“It is axio-
matic that the statutory definition of the term excludes
unstated meanings of that term")


Gould v. Gould
"In the interpretation of taxing statutes it is the established rule not to extend their provisions, by implication, beyond the clear import of the language used, or to enlarge their operations so as to embrace matters not specifically pointed out. Doubts are resolved against the government."


So the gist is that since they defined state to include DC, and DIDNT spell out that it's also the other 50 states, and doubts are resolved against the gov, then federal income tax is not required of most citizens


That's their argument at least. (I am a lawyer btw Lmao)


So what I learned in law school is: what you think of your own arguments doesn't matter, and laws without manpower to enforce them aren't laws