Flashback: When U.S. income tax was illegal
Ozy: Erik Jensen, emeritus professor of law, weighed in on the late 1800s Supreme Court case that abolished the income tax for 18 years, and the political upheaval it caused. “As nasty as things are in Washington now, debates about the income tax in the late 19th century outdid anything we see today,” said Erik Jensen, the Coleman P. Burke Professor Emeritus of Law.