Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. event

“The liberal Democrats persisted in their efforts to impose these federal income tax schemes. Cordell Hall, a young congressman from Tennessee, assumed the leadership of the campaign of the Democrats for adoption of the tax in the 60th Congr…”

“So here's where it gets. Well, you got to go into him on the Supreme Court because this is fun stuff. And I can't skip over this part of history. There are two major decisions that he was part of. And he was on the right side of one of them…”

“This creates an unapportioned direct tax. This goes to the Supreme Court pretty quickly. And Mr. Shiras Jr. votes with majority in a 5-4 opinion that overturns the act. No income tax. It is unconstitutional. The chief justice writes the opi…”

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“structural link inferred from entity names (not a claim from any source): 'Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.' is a work/event about 'Farmers'…”