Press Release: Buckeye Institue

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 24, 2021 Lisa Gates, Vice President of Communications, (614) 224-3255

The Buckeye Institute Asks Court for Permanent Injunction Against Biden Administration’s Tax Mandate Columbus, OH – The Buckeye Institute filed a second amicus brief in Ohio v. Yellen calling upon the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio to grant a permanent injunction to stop enforcement of the federal tax mandate, which was included in the American Rescue Plan Act. This second Buckeye brief argues that recent guidance from the U.S. Treasury Department fails to cure the deficiencies of the ambiguous and unconstitutional tax mandate.   “As The Buckeye Institute argued in its initial brief, and the Court agreed, ‘the Tax Mandate does not meet the floor for clarity that the Spending Clause imposes on federal legislation offering money to the States,’” said Robert Alt, president and chief executive officer of The Buckeye Institute. “After-the-fact guidance by the Treasury Department does not fix the constitutionally-broken law. The Constitution requires Congress—not the Treasury Department—to draw clear lines when encroaching on State sovereignty. Because Congress failed to draw clear lines, Buckeye urges the Court to permanently enjoin enforcement of the Tax Mandate.”  # # #

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