No. 18-1405

Robert N. Taylor, III v. United States

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2019-05-08
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process first-amendment good-faith income-tax standing tax tax-liability waiver waiver-of-rights
Key Terms:
FirstAmendment Securities Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2019-06-06
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a citizen can be compelled to waive constitutional rights or pay a tax he does not owe in good faith

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED This is a First Amendment matter. I have not personally read the entire Internal Revenue Code (stat: utes, codes, regulations, and manuals, and court cases), and result, I don’t claim to completely understand this code. I cannot put my faith in, or completely trust IRS publication, or the IRS itself which is unaccountable to . me. I have attempted to consult with private attorneys to get a written legal opinion regarding alleged tax liability, for both myself and the organizations that Iam involved with, to no avail. Thus, these sources cannot be relied upon to aid me in fulfilling my purported legal responsibilities. Therefore, I have no choice but to rely on my good faith understanding of the law regarding my tax responsibility. This Court often has emphasized the importance of siding with the citizen regarding the imposition of taxes. “In case of doubt they are construed most strongly against the government and in favor of the citizen.” Gould v. Gould, 245 U.S. 151. Thus, the specific question presented is: Whether a citizen who is standing upon his constitutionally protected rights can be compelled, against his good faith understanding of his liability under the law, into a waiver of his constitutional rights, or be forced to pay a tax that he does not owe? “Waiver of constitutional rights not only must be voluntary but must be knowing, intelligent acts done with sufficient awareness of the relevant circum. stances and likely consequences.” Brady v. United States, 397 U.S. 742 (1970).

Docket Entries

2019-06-10
Petition DENIED.
2019-05-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/6/2019.
2019-05-14
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-05-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 7, 2019)

Attorneys

Robert N. Taylor, III
Robert N. Taylor III — Petitioner
Robert N. Taylor III — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent