[T]he power to tax involves the power to destroy.

—- John Marshall, McCullough v. Maryland, 4 Wheaton (17 U.S.) 316, 431 (1819).

       The Supreme Court, of the corporate United states, hands down McCray v. United states: The federal power of taxation may be used for regulatory purposes.

       [restored 7/4/2021]

Subsequent Events:

2/25/1913                    5/15/1922

Authority:

“Law of the Jungle”
ccc-2point0.com/preface

References:

McCray v. United States, 195 U.S. 533 (1904). 

Gerald Gunther, Constitutional Law, twelfth edition, (Westbury, New York: Foundation Press, 1991), 179.

McCray v. United States – Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCray_v._United_States

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,213,590,712,228

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