Wednesday, May 22, 2013
The IRS Scandal, Day 13
- Richard Epstein (NYU), The Real Lesson of the IRS Scandal
- ABC News: First Conservative Groups File Suit Against IRS
- ABC News: IRS ‘Blemish’ Prompts Scorn From Unappeased Senators
- Bloomberg: Shulman’s Above-Fray Posture to Get Test From Issa in IRS Probe
- Bloomberg: Sympathy for the IRS
- FactCheck.org: Republican Overreach on IRS
- The Hill: White House, Treasury Discussed How to Handle Disclosure of IRS Story
- L.A. Times: IRS Officials Still Don't Have Full Explanation of Targeting
- L.A. Times: IRS' Last Two Commissioners Deny Lying; Official to Take the 5th
- National Review: Is the IRS Too Bog to Jail?
- National Review: The Pinocchio Administration
- National Review: True the Vote Files Suit Against the IRS
- National Review: Washington All Along: D.c. Knew Exactly What Cincinnati Was Doing
- NBC News: Ex-Cincy IRS Official Doubts Agency's Explanation for Tea Party Scandal
- New York Times op-ed: Bring Back Ken Starr to Investigate IRS, by Bill Keller
- New York Times: IRS Official Will Decline to Testify Before House Panel
- Politico: Former IRS Chief Doug Shulman 'Dismayed' at Targeting
- Politico: IG to Conduct New IRS Probe
- Politico: White House Reveals New IRS Details
- Slate: Stop Hating on the IRS, by Emily Bazelon
- Time: Despite President Obama’s Optimism, No Quick Fix Likely For IRS
- U.s. News & World Report: IRS, Congress Point Fingers About Who is to Blame for Scandal
- Wall Street Journal: Activists Saw Vindication As IRS Controversy Erupted
- Wall Street Journal: Director of IRS Unit Says She Won't Testify
- Wall Street Journal: No Apologies From Former IRS Chief
- Wall Street Journal: Spokesman: Obama Agrees With Counsel’s IRS Decision
- Wall Street Journal: U.S. Treasury Was Told in Late April That IRS Officials Mulled Apology
- Washington Post: Douglas Shulman Won’t Apologize — Yet, at Least
- Washington Post: Internal IRS Probe Cited Same Problems With Approach to Conservative Groups in May 2012, House Aide Says
- Washington Post: IRS Official Lois Lerner to Take the Fifth
- Washington Post: IRS Scandal Focus of Senate Hearing
- Washington Post: Watchdog Group Sues IRS for Stricter Tax-Exemption Rules
- Washington Post: With More Clarity, White House Adds to Confusion on IRS
Prior TaxProf Blog coverage:
- IRS Admits to Targeting Conservative Groups in 2012 Election (May 10, 2013)
- WaPo and WSJ Agree: IRS Targeting of Conservatives Is Appalling (May 11, 2013)
- Schmalbeck on the IRS 'Targeting' of Conservative Groups (May 12, 2013)
- The Deepening IRS Scandal (May 13, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 5 (May 14, 2013)
- Jon Stewart and Vic Fleischer on the IRS Scandal (May 14, 2013)
- Inspector General: Ineffective IRS Management Allowed Agents to Target Conservative Groups (May 14, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 6 (May 15, 2013)
- Ellen Aprill, The TIGTA Report on the IRS Scandal: Questions About the IRS and About the Report (May 15, 2013)
- Phillip Hackney, The TIGTA Report on the IRS Scandal: Be on the Lookout for False Partisan Witchunts (May 15, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 7 (May 16, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 8 (May 17, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 9 (May 18, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 10 (May 19, 2013)
- SNL on the IRS Scandal (May 19, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 11 (May 20, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal: Really?! (May 20, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 12 (May 21, 2013)
- Steven Colbert on the IRS Scandal (May 21, 2013)
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