Thursday, June 11, 2015
The IRS Scandal, Day 763
Wall Street Journal editorial, Return of the Speech Police:
You won’t read much about it in the Beltway press corps, but a behind-the-scenes effort is under way to lobby the Federal Election Commission and Justice Department to stifle free political speech the way the Internal Revenue Service did in 2012. Don’t be surprised if the subpoenas hit Republican candidates at crucial political moments. ...
Criticism of the FEC is part of the left’s strategy to turn the commission into its agent to intimidate conservative groups and limit their political speech. The letter writing campaigns use the same accusations about “dark money” that the groups used to lobby the IRS in the 2012 election cycle.
In September 2011, Democracy 21 and the Campaign Legal Center wrote to then IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman and Exempt Organizations Director Lois Lerner requesting an IRS probe into whether “certain organizations are ineligible for tax exempt status under section 501(c)(4).” Around the same time, the IRS created its process that targeted conservative groups. The same outfits are back at it, filling the FEC’s docket with complaints that target Republicans or GOP-leaning organizations 75% or more of the time.
If these liberal outfits don’t like Super PACs, they should look in the mirror. Super PACs are the inevitable reaction to campaign-finance limits on candidates. Instead of unleashing another round of political targeting, this time corrupting the Justice Department, true liberals should deregulate politics.
- The IRS Scandal, Day 762 (June 10, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 761 (June 9, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 760 (June 8, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 759 (June 7, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 758 (June 6, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 757 (June 5, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 756 (June 4, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 755 (June 3, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 754 (June 2, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 753 (June 1, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 752 (May 31, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 751 (May 30, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 750 (May 29, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 749 (May 28, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 748 (May 27, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 747 (May 26, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 746 (May 25, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 745 (May 24, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 744 (May 23, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 743 (May 22, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 742 (May 21, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 741 (May 20, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 740 (May 19, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 739 (May 18, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 738 (May 17, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 737 (May 16, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 736 (May 15, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 735 (May 14, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 734 (May 13, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 733 (May 12, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 732 (May 11, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 731 (May 10, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Two Years And Counting (May 9, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 729 (May 8, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 728 (May 7, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 727 (May 6, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 726 (May 5, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 725 (May 4, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 724 (May 3, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 723 (May 2, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 722 (May 1, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 721 (Apr. 30, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 720 (Apr. 29, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 719 (Apr. 28, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 718 (Apr. 27, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 717 (Apr. 26, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 716 (Apr. 25, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 715 (Apr. 24, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 714 (Apr. 23, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 713 (Apr. 22, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 712 (Apr. 21, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 711 (Apr. 20, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 710 (Apr. 19, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 709 (Apr. 18, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 708 (Apr. 17, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 707 (Apr. 16, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 706 (Apr. 15, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 705 (Apr. 14, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 704 (Apr. 13, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 703 (Apr. 12, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 702 (Apr. 11, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 701 (Apr. 10, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Days 601-700 (Dec. 31, 2014 - April 9, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Days 501-600 (Sept. 22, 2014-Dec. 30, 2014)
- The IRS Scandal, Days 401-500 (June 14, 2014 - Sept. 21,2014)
- The IRS Scandal, Days 301-400 (Mar. 6, 2014 - June 13, 2014)
- The IRS Scandal, Days 201-300 (Nov. 26, 2013 - Mar. 5, 2014)
- The IRS Scandal, Days 101-200 (Aug. 18, 2013 - Nov. 25, 2013)
- The IRS Scandal, Days 1-100 (May 10, 2013 - Aug. 17, 2013)
https://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2015/06/the-irs-scand.html
Comments
Also, it is important to note that these two organizations are both nonprofits and both engaged in politics as their only reason to exist.
Not only are they nonprofits engaged in politics but they are nonprofits trying to wage lawfare against other nonprofits that don't align with their political agenda.
So sure, Obama's IRS was just doing its job.
Posted by: wodun | Jun 11, 2015 9:59:57 AM
"In September 2011, Democracy 21 and the Campaign Legal Center wrote to then IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman and Exempt Organizations Director Lois Lerner requesting an IRS probe into "
The Obama IRS's persecution of political dissidents began years earlier.
Posted by: wodun | Jun 11, 2015 9:54:11 AM
Hmmmmm. “Criticism of the [IRS] is part of the [right]’s strategy to turn the [Service] into its agent to intimidate [liberal] groups and limit their political speech. The [right-wing media] campaigns use the same accusations about “[targeting]” that the groups used to [attack] the IRS in the 2012 election cycle.” Think it’ll work?
BTW, the offending September 2011, Democracy 21 and the Campaign Legal Center letters (i.e. “free speech”) allegedly written to then-IRS [Republican] Commissioner Douglas Shulman and EO Director Lois Lerner requesting an IRS probe into whether “certain organizations are ineligible for tax exempt status under section 501(c)(4)” were written, if at all, well over a year after the Cincinnati EO non-partisan bureaucrats published and began using the first BOLO list for 501(c)(4) political applicants.
Posted by: Publius Novus | Jun 11, 2015 10:35:06 AM