Robert N. Taylor, III v. United States
FirstAmendment Securities Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Whether a citizen can be compelled to waive constitutional rights or pay a tax he does not owe in good faith
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).