To: US Federal Court of Appeals “Congress shall make no law
respecting… the right of the people … to petition the government
for a redress of grievances.” -United States Constitution, First
Amendment The case of United States vs. Edward and Elaine Brown
was not about income taxes. For more than a dozen years, they
simply asked the Internal Revenue Service to show them the law
that specifically makes them liable to pay the federal income
tax, all the while stating that if the government could do so,
they would gladly pay all income taxes and never question the
law again. Instead, the Internal Revenue Service ignored their
requests, year after year, although the Browns were
constitutionally entitled to an answer. Then, in 2004, after
never responding to any of the Browns’ countless requests, the
Internal Revenue Service, along with a SWAT team, US Marshals,
state and local police, raided Elaine’s office building and took
each of the Browns, by force, into custody. “In all criminal
prosecutions, the accused shal