WND 10/2/2025
Agency's framework 'fails to survive the heightened scrutiny required when government rules implicate First Amendment speech rights'Under Barack Obama's regime, the Internal Revenue Service was weaponized to delay and deny required governmental permissions for conservative charitable organizations that wanted to sound off on his re-election campaign, which he won, to operate.
They were grilled over their donors, their beliefs, their prayers and much more. Applications were lost and required a second submission. Free speech was under fire.
That treatment was unlike other groups that promoted a liberal agenda
Eventually, the IRS was forced to confess, and it even settled a number of lawsuits over its actions.
But now a federal court has ruled that one of the components that appeared in that agenda is unconstitutional.
A report at the Washington Examiner points to a ruling from Washington, D.C., judge Jia Cobb.
The court found that a test used by the IRS, involving "facts and circumstances," was unconstitutionally vague.
More:
https://www.wnd.com/2025/10/unconstitutionally-vague-irs-scheme-used-attack-conservative-organizations/
