This article is about the city of Cape Canaveral, Florida. For the geographical feature, see Cape Canaveral. For the site neighboring the Kennedy Space Center, see Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. For the neighboring port, see Port Canaveral. Cape Canaveral is a city in Brevard County, Florida. The population was 9,912 at the 2010 United States Census. It is part of the Palm BayâMelbourneâTitusville Metropolitan Statistical Area.
More energized than demoralized by the Supreme Courtâs invalidation of the 1894 income tax, fiscal reformers mounted a powerful campaign to resuscitate the levy. By 1913, they had engineered ratification of a new constitutional amendment, clearly establishing the federal governmentâs authority to levy an income tax.
The 16th Amendment gives the Federal government a direct claim on the lives of American citizens by enabling Congress to levy a direct income tax on individuals. Until the passage of the 16th amendment, the Supreme Court had consistently held that Congress had no power to impose an income tax.