Monday, March 28, 2016
The IRS Scandal, Day 1054
Investor's Business Daily editorial, It’s Past Time To End The IRS’ Reign Of Terror:
Corruption: A federal court has harshly judged the IRS for harassing conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status. We hope this brings far more trouble for the agency than it gave those groups.
Don’t think we’re downplaying what happened to these organizations. The IRS committed a serious offense. Its conduct was beyond outrageous. It held up nonprofit-status applications from Tea Party and conservative groups for political reasons, singled out the groups for unforgiving scrutiny and was actively looking for right-of-center organizations to grind in its 21st century inquisition.
On Tuesday, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals censured the IRS, ordering it to turn over the list of groups it had targeted so that a class-action lawsuit filed by the NorCal Tea Party Patriots against the tax collector can move forward with those groups as plaintiffs. An agency that has long acted above the law has now been told it is accountable. This is significant.
The three-judge panel was not sparing in its judgment. It noted that “among the most serious allegations a federal court can address are that an executive agency has targeted citizens for mistreatment based on their political views.” It also told the IRS lawyers that they had conducted themselves in a manner unworthy of the government’s tradition of impartiality and decency as they fought the lawsuit. ...
How can such an agency exist in a free society? But then, we’re not truly free if the IRS or any other agent of the government has the latitude to carry on as the IRS has for decades. Free people don’t live in constant fear of a government inquiry and are not perpetually afraid that the tax collector’s boot will suddenly land on their neck. Nor are they ever anxious that an innocent slip-up will wreck their lives.
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1053 (Mar. 27, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1052 (Mar. 26, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1051 (Mar. 25, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1050 (Mar. 24, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1049 (Mar. 23, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1048 (Mar. 22, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1047 (Mar. 21, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1046 (Mar. 20, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1045 (Mar. 19, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1044 (Mar. 18, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1043 (Mar. 17, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1042 (Mar. 16, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1041 (Mar. 15, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1040 (Mar. 14, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1039 (Mar. 13, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1038 (Mar. 12, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1037 (Mar. 11, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1036 (Mar. 10, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1035 (Mar. 9, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1034 (Mat. 8, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1033 (Mar. 7, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1032 (Mar. 6, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1031 (Mar. 5, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1030 (Mar. 4, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1029 (Mar. 3, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1028 (Mar. 2, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1027 (Mar. 1, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1026 (Feb. 29, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1025 (Feb. 28, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1024 (Feb. 27, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1023 (Feb. 26, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1022 (Feb. 25, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1021 (Feb. 24, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1020 (Feb. 23, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1019 (Feb. 22, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1018 (Feb. 21, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1017 (Feb. 20, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1016 (Feb. 19, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1015 (Feb. 18, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1014 (Feb. 17, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1013 (Feb. 16, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1012 (Feb. 15, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1011 (Feb. 14, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1010 (Feb. 13, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1009 (Feb. 12, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1008 (Feb. 11, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1007 (Feb. 10, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1006 (Feb. 9, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1005 (Feb. 8, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1004 (Feb. 7, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1003 (Feb. 6, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1002 (Feb. 5, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Day 1001 (Feb. 4, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Days 901-1000 (Oct. 27, 2015 - Feb. 3, 2016)
- The IRS Scandal, Days 801-900 (July 19, 2015 - Oct. 26, 2015)
- The IRS Scandal, Days 701-800 (April 10, 2015 - July 18, 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)
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