[Sonny M]

I'm saying Judge White did a little constructive re-interpretation of the 16th amendment and got creative.

[andyk]

I'm saying Judge White did a little constructive re-interpretation of the 16th amendment and got creative.

It was only three years after the amendment was ratified, so I certainly wouldn't consider it a re-interpretation. Brushaber held that Congress had the power to tax incomes prior to the 16th amendment.

the whole purpose of the Amendment was to relieve all income taxes when imposed from apportionment from a consideration of the source whence the income was derived.