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The article is devoid of any meaningful legal language. It is important to note that this ruling applies only to the states of Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi
by ghastmaster 6mo ago
The article is devoid of any meaningful legal language. It is important to note that this ruling applies only to the states of Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi as the fifth circuit is the court that decided this. That said, when parties bring cases to other federal circuit courts, they may cite this case. Frequently, circuit decisions can impact other district courts decisions.
- angry_octet 6mo agoThe Fifth Circuit tells us how the Supremes will vote.
- Jimmc414 6mo agoThe court invalidated IRC Sections 5601(a)(6) and 5178(a)(1)(B), finding they go beyond Congress’s taxation powers. The court’s reasoning was that these provisions amount to an “anti revenue provision” that prevents distilled spirits from coming into existence, since under 26 U.S.C. § 5001(b) taxation begins as soon as the spirit exists, so banning production eliminates the taxable event entirely. Here are the official docs for the case McNutt v. US Department of Justice https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca5.220672/gov.uscourts.ca5.220672.116.1.pdf https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca5.220...
- ghastmaster 6mo agoI like the analysis of "necessary" and "proper" sections of this opinion. Hopefully, this ruling gets expanded to other circuits and eventually leads to the US Supreme Court ignoring stare decisis with regard to wickard v filburn and let it be thrown in the dust bin of history.
- mothballed 6mo agoSounds similar to the 'tax' power making it impossible to buy a tax stamp for a post 86 machine gun.