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The document discusses the 1916 Supreme Court case Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Company, which upheld the constitutionality of the federal income tax. It summarizes that while the Court ruled the income tax was an indirect tax not subject to apportionment, the logic of the ruling was convoluted. Subsequent analyses have argued the income tax is actually a direct tax that remains subject to the constitutional requirement of apportionment. The document also notes there are lessons about status and juri

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