[Paul C. Jesup]

This will be interesting to watch considering he worked within that corrupt system, so he should probably present a valid defense.

[ovrtaxt]

If he doesn't somehow get this case into civil court and out of tax court, he won't stand a chance. That's like presenting a cogent theological defense before the Taliban.

[drjimmy]

This will be interesting to watch considering he worked within that corrupt system, so he should probably present a valid defense.

The "system" doesn't have anything to do with his guilt or innocence. If his defense is based on the claim that the 16th amendment to the U.S. Constitution was never properly ratified, it seems to me to be a cut and dried case. Either it was or it wasn't, and he can present evidence to show his side and the government can present evidence to show its side. Whether the IRS is corrupt has no bearing on the case.