By creating this special use tax, which, to our knowledge, is without parallel in the State’s tax scheme, Minnesota has singled out the press for special treatment… There is substantial evidence that differential taxation of the press would have troubled the Framers of the First Amendment… Minnesota’s ink and paper tax violates the First Amendment not only because it singles out the press, but also because it targets a small group of newspapers… We have long recognized that even regulations aimed at proper governmental concerns can restrict unduly the exercise of rights protected by the First Amendment…
But of course to the anti-Constitutionalist Democrats, the Second Amendment can be safely ignored. And the Supreme Court has yet to slap them down in 10+ years…
We know that discriminatory taxes aimed at the exercise of a constitutional right are unlawful.
See Minneapolis Star and Tribune Co. v. Minnesota Commissioner of Revenue (1983):
But of course to the anti-Constitutionalist Democrats, the Second Amendment can be safely ignored. And the Supreme Court has yet to slap them down in 10+ years…
PS: Imagine the yipping and howling if an Illinois Republican legislator were to propose a 10% tax on abortions!