BREAKING NEWS ~ Arroyo impeachment case quashed News
BREAKING NEWS ~ Arroyo impeachment case quashed

[JURIST] AP is reporting that Philippine legislators have quashed the impeachment case against Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo [official website; Wikipedia backgrounder]. With opposition members boycotting, the House Committee on Justice [official website] voted to quash all impeachment complaints against Arroyo, who has been accused of rigging last year's election. AP has more.

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Suffragist Carrie Chapman Catt born

Carrie Chapman Catt, suffragist, womens' rights advocate and co-founder of the League of Women Voters, was born on January 9, 1859.

Visit the Carrie Chapman Catt Childhood Home.

Great Britain's first income tax introduced

On January 9, 1799, British Prime Minister William Pitt introduced Great Britain's first income tax. The tax was announced the previous December as a means of raising money for war against Napoleon. Pitt's successor, Henry Addington, repealed the tax when hostilities subsided in 1802. Addington then reinstated the tax during the following year when fighting was renewed. The Addington tax model later became the model for the modern British income tax. Learn about the history of income taxation in Great Britain from Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs.