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Jackson Maynard

Jackson Maynard

Washington attorney, Executive Director of the Citizen Action Defense Fund and Managing Partner of Maynard Law PLLC, litigating press-freedom and constitutional cases.

Sep 16, 2026

10:06
But why should the courts toss it out?
10:09
Well, I mean, there is some overlap with the policy, which we'll get to because one of the things if Paul and his folks want to try to overturn the precedent, they've got to demonstrate as harm.
10:19
And so I'm sure we'll talk about that in a minute.
10:22
But the main issue here is that this clearly violates Article 7, Sections 1 and 2 of the state constitution, the uniformity clauses, and then the 1% cap.
10:35
on property taxes.
10:37
And going back almost 100 years, there's that Culleton decision that you mentioned in the opening in which the state Supreme Court very clearly held that income was property and therefore subject to those restrictions.
10:51
It has upheld that not once, not twice, but five times, the most recent one in 2019.

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33:17
What would you say, Jackson, about the role of precedent in this particular

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