This may be a first. I thought the IRS always won tax protestor cases, but he appears to have thought it through differently. I sure agree that wee need to stop sending 20 cents of every dollar to Washington. Then we send reps there to try to weedle it back. But it comes with strings and mandates that pervert local economies in pernicous ways.
No, they only win the ones where the defendant is not properly prepared. Joe Bannister has won both of his trials. This story needs to get legs quickly; it could fix most of what is wrong with this country.