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‘The court will declare this tax is unconstitutional’: Former WA AG Rob McKenna gears up for legal fight against millionaires’ tax Former Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna is leading the legal battle against the state’s new millionaires’ tax, which was“It will be filed very soon, and it will go to a superior court in Washington, which will declare that this tax is unconstitutional, because the Superior Court is bound by all of this Supreme Court precedent, not just the 1933 case, but all the other cases that have found that income is property, and the court will probably note for itself, ‘Oh, yeah, looking at this definition, how do you say income isn’t property? If everything tangible and intangible is subject to ownership?’ The Superior Court doesn’t get to rewrite precedent, right? They are bound by precedent,” he explained.
WA Senate gives final approval to 'millionaire tax,' sends it to Ferguson's desk McKenna said that when he brought a similar case around five years ago, it was overturned after the King County Superior Court found the income tax to be unconstitutional. The court ruled the income tax was unconstitutional because income is considered property, and property must be taxed at a uniform rate. “The state tried to get the state government, the Attorney General Bob Ferguson tried to get the Supreme Court to grant direct review. They said no. So the case went to the court of appeals,” he explained. “Court of Appeals said the same thing, ‘Yep, it’s property. That’s what the law says; it’s binding precedent. We don’t get to change precedent.'” McKenna said the Supreme Court subsequently declined to grant review, saying it wasn’t going to touch the decision of the Superior Court. He noted the same thing could happen again in this case. “They could decline to review it directly. They could send it to the Court of Appeals, and then not grant review,” he said. “The assumption that the proponents of this tax are making is that the Supreme Court will grant direct review, and then they will suddenly decide that, notwithstanding that incredibly broad definition of property, somehow income is not your property. The hope is, on the part of the proponents, apparently, including Governor Ferguson, that the Supreme Court will decide income is not property, and therefore this progressive income tax is fine.” McKenna reiterated that an income tax was overturned fairly recently and given that the language of the Constitution hasn’t changed, there is no reason it won’t be overturned again.‘The court will declare this tax is unconstitutional’: Former WA AG Rob McKenna gears up for legal fight against millionaires’ tax Former WA AG Rob McKenna leads the fight against the new millionaires' tax, aiming to challenge its legality and implications.An Aurora business owner posted a video that has since gone viral, stating people told her not to open her business in the area, and she is now"cooked."‘The state is not business-friendly’: Curley rips proposed vacancy tax amid 30% empty Seattle buildings ‘I believe in following the truth’: Former Canadian School Board Administrator faces $750k fine for saying 5 wordsDiscover my unforgettable encounter with Dolly Parton while living as a 'Tuesday boy' at 22, filled with surprises and laughter.WSECU Community Champion: Chrystal Ortega’s mission to feed Spokane Chrystal Ortega's tireless dedication recently earned her the WSECU Community Champions Award and a $1,000 grant to further the mission.When Shawn Tibbitts opened Tibbitts FernHill, he was just trying to survive. The small Tacoma restaurant has since earned culinary awards and praise.Wilcox Family Farms is continuing its cherished holiday tradition of giving back by donating nearly one million eggs to food banks across the South Sound region this season.Matthew Ballantyne has transformed that early awareness into action, embodying the organization's mission:"No Kid Sleeps On The Floor In Our Town."‘The court will declare this tax is unconstitutional’: Former WA AG Rob McKenna gears up for legal fight against millionaires’ tax
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