A “corrupt” Internal Revenue Service still is shooting down advocates for conservative causes, especially if they have the words “tea party” in their name, even though courts have told the bureaucrats to quit it.
In an announcement from Jay Sekulow, of the American Center for Law and Justice, he said three groups that had applied for their tax status years ago at a time when the agency, under the Obama administration, was selectively targeting and discriminating against conservative groups, recently got letters from the IRS on their requests.
Two of the organizations were denied the status they need to operate.
“It is clear that we still have an IRS that is corrupt and incapable of self-correction. We’re pleased Unite in Action has finally received its approval after lengthy delays. We’re now in the process of reviewing the proposed denials in the other two cases as we aggressively move forward with our federal lawsuit against the IRS to ensure it is bound by the U.S. Constitution and the law protecting the fundamental freedoms of speech and association that serve as the bedrock to this great nation,” Sekulow said in a statement over the weekend.
Back when the IRS admitted it was treating conservative and Christian groups less favorably than other groups, it was revealed that IRS agency workers deliberately delayed processing applications for some groups that clearly were opposed to Barack Obama’s agenda, preventing them from a full participation in the electoral process at the time.
The IRS investigators were revealed to have been asking invasive questions, such as the subject of group members’ prayers. They also tried to coerce groups into promises they would drop their opposition to the Planned Parenthood abortion business agenda.
A number of groups sued, and some of the disputes appear yet to be a long way from resolution.
Sekulow’s organization is representing a number of those local groups.
“As we continue our fight at the ACLJ against the lawless, unconstitutional Obama administration’s IRS targeting of grassroots conservatives, we are achieving important victories,” he said in his statement.
“But the fight also continues in federal court to ensure justice for all 38 of our clients from 22 states across the country. We must not stop fighting the IRS corruption until there is true justice and assurances that no American will ever be targeted by the IRS for his or her beliefs ever again.
“Three of our remaining clients have received determinations from the IRS in recent weeks after a significant victory in which a federal judge ordered the IRS to issue determinations within 30 days. Michigan-based Unite in Action – after waiting for more than six years – has been approved by the IRS.”
But he said, “Two other clients – Albuquerque Tea Party from New Mexico and Tri Cities Tea Party from Washington State – received proposed denials regarding their applications. The lengthy delays in receiving these determinations underscores the continuing problems inside the Obama administration’s IRS.”
The Washington Times reported the IRS declined to comment.
But Sekulow is arguing that the setup has violated the citizen groups First Amendment rights.
In August, WND reported a federal appeals court had ordered a lawsuit back on the docket until the federal agency proves it has, in fact, stopped the discriminatory targeting.
The Times then called the decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit as a “rebuke” for the IRS
The court found the IRS “did, in fact, discriminate against tea party groups.”
The IRS claimed it had voluntarily stopped the offending actions, and wanted that particular lawsuit dismissed, but the Times said, “But Judge David B. Sentelle, writing for the appeals court, said that was clearly not the case because some organizations were still awaiting approval years after they applied. And he flatly rejected the IRS’s explanation that those groups couldn’t be processed because they were suing the IRS, calling that a classic catch-22.”
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