Words should have meaning; at least they did until Harry Blackmun decided abortion was health care, Anthony Kennedy found homosexuality to be in a “realm of personal liberty,” and John Roberts declared Obamacare was not a tax.

The Supreme Court should take this as an opportunity to reiterate two precedents that backstop the black-letter words of the Constitution and the English language. Taxing people on money they haven’t made is obscene. Opening the door to the government confiscating wealth is a betrayal of the country because that is where this concept leads. //

anon-onh5
9 hours ago
Roberts is a legalist not a justice. We're hosed. //

bk
12 hours ago
Next up: Increasing property values start affecting income taxes, not just property taxes. //

A-Nony-Mouse
3 minutes ago
taxing income at all is "obscene", IMO. The entire 16th Amendment should be repealed. While we are repealing Amendments, repeal the 17th as well and go back to the senators being appointed by the state legislatures.