The NAACP Realizes the IRS Limiting Free Speech is a Bad ThingPosted: 2014-03-12 Katie Pavlich | Mar 12, 2014 Townhall In response to its own inappropriate targeting of conservative, patriot and tea party groups, the IRS has proposed a new set of rules limiting the free speech of tax exempt groups. Here's a rundown of the new IRS rules from the Wall Street Journal: Under the draft rule, the IRS would recategorize a broad swath of nonprofit actions as political, including any public communication that identifies a candidate within 30 days of a primary election or 60 days of a general election. The rule would also count any communication, public or private, as political if it expresses “a view on, whether for or against, the selection, nomination, election, or appointment of one or more clearly identified candidates or of candidates of a political party.”
But now, liberal groups like the NAACP are discovering new rules apply to them too and they're not happy about it. Eliana Johnson has that story: “As drafted, the proposed regulations would cause the ‘primary’ activity — by any measure — of these NAACP unites to be counted as ‘candidate-related political activity,’ with the result that most branches and conferences would lose their tax-exempt status,” the chairwoman of the NAACP’s board of directors, Roslyn M. Brock, and the group’s interim president and chief executive offer, wrote in a public comment to the IRS.
Ironically, NAACP leaders have repeatedly complained about the Supreme Court's Citizen's United ruling, the ruling that protects the free speech of tax-exempt groups, including the NAACP. Over the past few months, we've heard liberals argue that the IRS was simply "doing its job" by singling out tea party groups for further scrutiny, but as the fallout continues with new regulations affecting themand their own activities, now they're outraged. http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2014/03/12/the-naacp-realizes-the-irs-limiting-free-speech-is-a-bad-thing-n1807809?utm_source=BreakingOnTownhallWidget_4&utm_medium=story&utm_campaign=BreakingOnTownhall
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