Tag: TA

  • Taxation

    TaxationIn the exercise of its taxing power, a state may not discriminate substantially between residents and nonresidents. In Ward v. Maryland,214 the Court set aside a state law that imposed specific taxes upon nonresidents for the privilege of selling within the state goods that were produced in …

  • Taxpayer Suits

    Taxpayer SuitsSave for a narrow exception, standing is also lacking when a litigant attempts to sue to contest governmental action that he claims injures him as a taxpayer. In Frothingham v. Mellon,1 the Court denied standing to a taxpayer suing to r…

  • Take Care Duty

    Powers Derived From The "Take Care" DutyThe Constitution does not say that the President shall execute the laws, but that "he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed," i.e., by others, who are commonly, but not always with strict accuracy, termed his subordinates. Wh…