Reply #78: uh, for what it's worth

[OnTheOtherHand]

it's perfectly possible for HR 4844 to be unconstitutional without it being a poll tax. I agree with jody that it's not a "poll tax," and I see no way to read 380 U.S. 528 to the contrary. That regarded a law that actually included a poll tax (plus an alternative). But if it's burdensome and serves no rational purpose, it could be struck whether it is a poll tax under the 24th Amendment or not.

(There might be some other case law that supports calling it a poll tax -- I wouldn't know.)