Edward Brown Constitution Ranger – Part II – First Conviction And Ranger Handbook
The Hovinds did not get any of the conspiracy charges that hit the Browns. And oddly, despite a civil liability of over $3.3 million in tax and penalties for the years 1998-2006 there was no charge of evasion under 7201.
Edward Brown Constitution Ranger – Part I – The Appeal
The court concluded that while being elderly is generally a mitigating circumstance for sentencing, that is because it typically reduces a person’s dangerousness and risk of recidivism. But Brown’s history and current statements and behavior belie those statistics in his particular case. As a result, while the judge might well have imposed a lesser sentence at resentencing, it was not unreasonable that he chose not to.
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Over and over again courts have said that there is nothing sinister in so arranging one’s affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible. Everybody does so, rich or poor; and all do right, for nobody owes any public duty to pay more than the law demands: taxes are enforced exactions, not voluntary contributions. To demand more in the name of morals is mere cant.