Hylton v. United States Part 1: Federalists v. Antifederalists

This series of videos explores the controversies concerning taxation at the beginning of the American Republic. The Supreme Court Case Hylton v. United States is used as a focal point to reveal the radical differences in opinion held by the nation’s leaders over the nature of government and federal taxation. Part 1 examines the historical context up to the Hylton Case.

Topics Covered
NFIB v. Sebelius – Differing Opinions over Federal Taxation
Introduction to Hylton v. United States
"The Carriage Tax"
The Federalists
The Federalist Criticisms of the Articles of Confederation
Taxation and the Articles of Confederation
The general taxation clause in the U.S. Constitution (Article 1 Section 8 Clause 1)
The Antifederalists
The Antifederalist Criticisms of the general taxation clause (Article 1 Section 8 Clause 1)
Quotes from the Antifederalist Papers
James Madison’s Responses to the Antifederalists

[Law-Enduring-Citizen]

The antifeds were prophetic. Especially Henry

[stanleyshannon]

Any government formed under a constitution that has exclusive authority to interpret the limits on its own powers under that constitution can not be considered a constitutional government in any rational sense of that concept.

[uhadme]

Control freak and Anti Control freak
Semantics rite?

[gonebamboo]

Wilson would have been a hero to Hamilton