The Law that Never Was

The Law that Never Was
Title page for The Law That Never Was: The Fraud of the 16th Amendment and Personal Income Tax (1985)
Author	William J. Benson Martin J. Beckman
Language	English
Genre	Non-fiction
Publication date	1985
Publication place	United States

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The Law That Never Was: The Fraud of the 16th Amendment and Personal Income Tax is a 1985 book by William J. Benson and Martin J. "Red" Beckman which claims that the Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, commonly known as the income tax amendment, was never properly ratified. In 2007, and again in 2009, Benson's contentions were ruled to be fraudulent.