William Howard Taft
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The only President to sit as the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, William Howard Taft was a progressive in philosophy and thus sought to use the court system to promote legislative acts that played a part in restructuring the nation.
The most significant legislative bill passed in his term in office was the Progressive Income Tax. This booklet provides a history of the Progressive Income Tax by William P. Hoar plus arguments for and against. It also provides the Supreme Court ruling by Chief Justice Melville W. Fullers that declares the Income Tax Law to be unconstitutional.
(99 pages)
The only President to sit as the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, William Howard Taft was a progressive in philosophy and thus sought to use the court system to promote legislative acts that played a part in restructuring the nation.
The most significant legislative bill passed in his term in office was the Progressive Income Tax. This booklet provides a history of the Progressive Income Tax by William P. Hoar plus arguments for and against. It also provides the Supreme Court ruling by Chief Justice Melville W. Fullers that declares the Income Tax Law to be unconstitutional.
(99 pages)