The American Legion Weekly [Volume 3, No23 (June 10, 1921)] . only through associa-tion with others. Indeed, JusticeHolmes of the Supreme Court, in adissenting opinion, implied as much. Ifyou want criticism of the SupremeCourt, read the dissenting whatever we may think, the Lawof the Land gives the same liberty toemployer and employee alike. Theone may work or not, the other mayhire and fire. A man has liberty to work, butwomen and children have not. Norhave all men the right to work at anytrade or as long as they want. Thereare countless laws on our statute bookswhich limit the h
The American Legion Weekly [Volume 3, No23 (June 10, 1921)] . only through associa-tion with others. Indeed, JusticeHolmes of the Supreme Court, in adissenting opinion, implied as much. Ifyou want criticism of the SupremeCourt, read the dissenting whatever we may think, the Lawof the Land gives the same liberty toemployer and employee alike. Theone may work or not, the other mayhire and fire. A man has liberty to work, butwomen and children have not. Norhave all men the right to work at anytrade or as long as they want. Thereare countless laws on our statute bookswhich limit the hours at which womenand children may work and the kind ofoccupations in which they may are laws on the statute bookswhich require locomotive engineers tobe tested for color-blindness, chauffeursto pass examinations, and prohibit theemployment of men in dangerous or un-healthy occupations beyond a certainlength of time. The Law of the Landdoes not give complete liberty. Butthe liberty we enjoy is conditioned. Wemay not injure or endanger Liberty to work means, of course,liberty not to work Nowadays the state is more and morecareful lest we injure ourselves and soendanger the state. Property is protected. Who is thegreatest invader of your property?The tax collector. We spend our moneyas we please, sometimes foolishly, butwe think we get something in tax collector, however, reaches hishand into our pockets and whether wewish it or not takes out his share. Yethe is not a robber. The tax he collectsis the tax we voted. We made the lawwhich gave the tax gatherer the rightto take our money. Our property isprotected against even the tax gathererby the laws we make. Moreover, if we make a law contraryto the supreme law, that is the Consti-tution, we may stop the tax gathererwhen he tries to collect the tax underthat law. That was the meaning ofthe decision of the Supreme Court in1895 when it practically declared thatCongress could not levy an income tax
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