'Larry Becraft, the attorney in the case referenced in the memo who is mistakenly identified in it as "Lowell Bercraft," also told the Daily Herald the document was a forgery, stating that he tried to argue that the 16th Amendment was not valid but lost the case. He also pointed out that the "memo" gave the wrong first name for the U.S. Attorney prosecuting the case, Roger Duncan.'
Great link, fren, but USA Today implies a mistake itself: actually, Lowell and Larry is the same Becraft, and this copy of the memo has no misspelling "Bercraft".
The data on the 16th amendment was collected by Bill Benson, who found material irregularities in every state's ratification of the 16th amendment, but the courts' position is that these irregularities are like many others that do not detract from the intent of the law and legislators. So, what Becraft calls a dead issue.
Either way, 16th Ammendment suits are now considered frivolous and dismissed without further consideration. Properly ratified or not, the state now depends on those taxes, and will happily kill or cage any squeaky wheels in their money machine.
'Larry Becraft, the attorney in the case referenced in the memo who is mistakenly identified in it as "Lowell Bercraft," also told the Daily Herald the document was a forgery, stating that he tried to argue that the 16th Amendment was not valid but lost the case. He also pointed out that the "memo" gave the wrong first name for the U.S. Attorney prosecuting the case, Roger Duncan.'
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2024/02/16/irs-memo-taxes-illegal-16th-amendment/72622193007/
Great link, fren, but USA Today implies a mistake itself: actually, Lowell and Larry is the same Becraft, and this copy of the memo has no misspelling "Bercraft".
The data on the 16th amendment was collected by Bill Benson, who found material irregularities in every state's ratification of the 16th amendment, but the courts' position is that these irregularities are like many others that do not detract from the intent of the law and legislators. So, what Becraft calls a dead issue.
Either way, 16th Ammendment suits are now considered frivolous and dismissed without further consideration. Properly ratified or not, the state now depends on those taxes, and will happily kill or cage any squeaky wheels in their money machine.