Give Me Liberty. Bill Bensonâs findings, published in âThe Law That Never Was,â make a convincing case that the 16th amendment was not legally ratified and that Secretary of State Philander Knox was not merely in error, but committed fraud when he declared it ratified in February 1913.
Cummings is an Irish variant of Cumming, with the addition of English patronymic-s. The Cumming surname is of disputed origin. It may be from a Celtic personal name derived from the element cam bent, crooked a common element in such surnames as 'Campbell' and 'Cameron' .
Cummings was born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, as were all of the other original members of The Guess Who. Burton was raised by his mother Rhoda and her parents; he never knew his father, who left when he was less than a year old. Burton attended St. John's High School.n 1975 Cummings left The Guess Who after 10 years to become a solo artist and the group disbanded. One of his first projects included providing back-up vocals on Eric Carmen 's second solo LP, Boats Against the Current, including  She Did It .