Jay Sekulow of the American Center for Law & Justice,
http://aclj.org/, on Fox News:
Restriction of Free Speech in New IRS Regs:
EDITORIAL: IRS doubles down
Tax man prepares another crackdown on free speech:
See:
Excerpts:
"Federal law requires that a nonprofit organization with the 501(c)4 designation from the IRS devote half of its budget to “social welfare.” The new rules exclude certain activities from the definition, including “communications that expressly advocate for a clearly identified political candidate or candidates of a political party” and “voter-registration drives and ‘get-out-the-vote’ drives.” Voter guides detailing a politician’s views on key issues would not be allowed. Informing citizens about what their elected officials have been doing and encouraging them to vote is a pretty fair example of what ought to be considered promoting the social welfare of the nation."
"For decades, labor unions, ACORN, the Rainbow Coalition and other liberal organizations conducted voter drives and distributed issue guides without anyone ever batting an eye. Now that the Tea Party has figured out that conservatives can play the same game, bureaucrats are deciding it must come to a stop."
"For decades, labor unions, ACORN, the Rainbow Coalition and other liberal organizations conducted voter drives and distributed issue guides without anyone ever batting an eye. Now that the Tea Party has figured out that conservatives can play the same game, bureaucrats are deciding it must come to a stop."
