The Power To Tax Is

What Are The Maxims Of Democracy? A Strict Observance Of Justice And Public Faith, And A Steady Adherence To Virtue.

No One Imagines That A Law Professing To Tax Will Be Permitted To Destroy.

A Legislative Act Contrary To The Constitution Is Not Law.

This Government Is Acknowledged By All, To Be One Of Enumerated Powers.

The Particular Phraseology Of The Constitution Of The United States Confirms And Strengthens The Principle, Supposed To Be Essential To All Written Constitutions, That A Law Repugnant To The Constitution Is Void; And That Courts, As Well As Other Departments, Are Bound By That Instrument.