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How can the President lawfully establish an internal revenue ENFORCEMENT district on other than federal territory pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 7421 and in a place that Congress enjoys NO LEGISLATIVE JURISDICTION?

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How can the President lawfully establish an internal revenue ENFORCEMENT district on other than federal territory pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 7421 and in a place that Congress enjoys NO LEGISLATIVE JURISDICTION?

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“It is no longer open to question that the general government, unlike the states, Hammer v. Dagenhart, 247 U.S. 251, 275 , 38 S.Ct. 529, 3 A.L.R. 649, Ann.Cas.1918E 724, possesses no inherent power in respect of the internal affairs of the states; and emphatically not with regard to legislation.” [Carter v. Carter Coal Co., 298 U.S. 238, 56 S.Ct. 855 (1936)] ________________________________________________________________________________________ “The difficulties arising out of our dual form of government and the opportunities for differing opinions concerning the relative rights of state and national governments are many; but for a very long time this court has steadfastly adhered to the doctrine that the taxing power of Congress does not extend to the states or their political subdivisions. The same basic reasoning which leads to that conclusion, we think, requires like limitation upon the power which springs from the bankruptcy clause. United States v. Butler, supra.” [Ashton v. Cam

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