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The challenge over realized but undistributed corporate income in the Supreme Court case of Moore v. United States is said to be an opening skirmish on the constitutionality of a potential federal wealth tax. Proponents claim a wealth levy is within the constitutional...
As part of this year’s Constitution Day event at USD Law School, I took a closer look at Moore v. United States, the pending U.S. Supreme Court tax case with significant originalist implications. It turns out to be a harder case than I had thought at first. The...