Thanks Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts. You're aces!
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal appeals court has ruled that Congress has the right to prevent the D-C government from imposing a commuter tax.
The U-S Court of Appeals for D-C ruled that "it is beyond question that the Constitution grants Congress exclusive authority to govern the District."
The opinion was written by Judge John Roberts, who is now Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
A lower court judge last year dismissed the suit brought by more than 30 plaintiffs including Mayor Tony Williams and the D-C Council. They tried to overturn a federal law banning the city from taxing the estimated half (m) million people who work in D-C but live elsewhere.
2 comments:
oh that damn Constitution always gets in the way doesn't it?
bummer...
I thought there could be some good backlash from such a tax
not just generating revenue
but people car pooling and taking alternative transportation
you know
like riding a bike
or
walking
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