Originally posted by gdude
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Taxes have been under admiralty since before the Revolution.
This all has its roots in smuggling and avoiding the King's dues.
See it here: http://www.founding.com/the_declarat...50/default.asp
The King could not sustain any convictions in Common Law courts of the colonists, so he moved the cases and jurisdictions to Admiralty/Vice-Admiralty/Maritime courts.

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