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Irs Pummeled by Court for Suggesting it's OK to Discriminate Against Pro-Israel Group
Jewish Press ^ | May 7th, 2015 | Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Posted on 05/10/2015 5:12:10 AM PDT by SJackson

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1 posted on 05/10/2015 5:12:10 AM PDT by SJackson
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To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..
Middle East and terrorism, occasional political and Jewish issues Ping List. High Volume

If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.

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Not to disagree with the judge, but it seems to be working just fine. Five years and counting.

2 posted on 05/10/2015 5:13:41 AM PDT by SJackson (I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned that most people die of natural causes)
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To: SJackson

Obama must be gone! destroyed.

Who will bell the cat?


3 posted on 05/10/2015 5:17:47 AM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, ..... No peace? then no peace!)
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To: SJackson

“I would be stunned if the current Attorney General agreed with that. Or the last Attorney General. Or the one before that, or the one before that. Or anyone///

Yeah, well, these are different times, Judge. Bad times.

This should put to rest the arab propaganda that Israel somehow has some control of US politics. No, they are just a cherished ally in an important region. And now they have an enemy in the white house. And an ally in Cruz.


4 posted on 05/10/2015 5:19:21 AM PDT by dp0622
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To: SJackson

Another reason to abolish the IRS. The administration is using it for political purposes.
Senator Ted Cruz is right.


5 posted on 05/10/2015 5:25:30 AM PDT by freedom1st
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To: SJackson; Man50D; Principled; EternalVigilance; phil_will1; kevkrom; Bigun; PeteB570; FBD; ...

One must wonder why the American people continue to put up with such blatant IRS tyranny?

Is it not time to rid America of the Marxist progressive income tax and IRS tyranny?

FairTax will eliminate IRS tyranny by ABOLISHING the IRS!

Help us replace the income tax with the FairTax.

Help us abolish the IRS.

Go to https://www.fairtax.org to find out how.

We will never be a FRee people until we abolish the IRS!


6 posted on 05/10/2015 5:29:21 AM PDT by Taxman ( I'M MAD AS HELL AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!)
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To: SJackson

An article of impeachment was drawn up against Richard Nixon for misusing the IRS in a far less egregious way than this.


7 posted on 05/10/2015 5:45:28 AM PDT by EternalVigilance
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To: SJackson
In this era of astounding lawlessness and unconstitutional criminal behavior, we need someone in 2016 who understands the constitution and the rule of law.

We need someone who can remind the people about a nation of laws, and in plain and simple language.

The constitution and the laws of the land is the overarching issue of 2016.

I feel that the best candidate for this time is Ted Cruz.

8 posted on 05/10/2015 5:50:35 AM PDT by Moorings
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In a highly unusual public thrashing of a government lawyer for the Internal Revenue Service...

Judge Garland, and every judge, needs to bloody the nose of the IRS in the proverbial sense because they are just as much of a target as anyone else

9 posted on 05/10/2015 5:55:51 AM PDT by VRW Conspirator (American Jobs for American Workers)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Sobran: My Obsession with Jews [for all who mistakenly think he is a valuable contributor] [2003]


10 posted on 05/10/2015 5:56:41 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
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To: EternalVigilance
An article of impeachment was drawn up against Richard Nixon for misusing the IRS in a far less egregious way than this.

But, Nixon, among other things, was melanin deficient.

11 posted on 05/10/2015 5:56:41 AM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
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To: SJackson

For all the thunder and bluster from the judges, still nothing has advanced. If the representing attorneys are not made to pay personally for their behavior, the IRS will be free to use this same tactic in the future. But if the current attorneys are stripped of their privileges to litigate or to practice, then the IRS will have a hard time finding representation in court in the future for these shenanigans.


12 posted on 05/10/2015 6:06:09 AM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (If a border fence isn't effective, why is there a border fence around the White House?)
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To: All
americanthinker.com reported the IRS jihad against Conservatives included:


At least 5 pro-Israel groups
•Constitutional-centered groups
•Groups that dared criticize the Obama administration
•At least two pro-life groups
•An 83 year-old Nazi concentration camp survivor
•A 180 year-old Baptist paper
•A Texas voting-rights group
•A Hollywood conservative group targeted and harassed
•Conservative activists and businesses
•Hundreds of conservative groups targeted

OVERVIEW The IRS continued to target groups even after the scandal was exposed. 100% of the 501(c)(4) Groups Audited by IRS Were Conservative.

There is NO EVIDENCE that a single liberal group went through the same scrutiny as conservative groups.”

These IRS targets are an interesting roadmap to go even further....to uncover the IRS' possibly Falsifying of Official Government Documents as a cover-up.....punishable by 10 years incarceration.

13 posted on 05/10/2015 6:06:44 AM PDT by Liz (Another Clinton administration? Are you nuts?)
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To: SJackson

The Obama Mafia has determined that there is no government entity that can or will stop their illegal activities, so they will continue to break the law.

The great flaw in our Constitution is that the Justice Dept. answers only to the president, making him, his family, friends, & cronies essentially immune from the law. Both Congress & the Supreme Court should be able to seek indictments against the Executive Branch for lawlessness.

All the president needs to rule by decree is an impeachment proof Senate, which Obama has since the Democrats became the party of thugs. The judges can rule against him repeatedly & he ignores the rulings, ignores the law.

The impeachment process is a purely political process. Politics is the worst possible way to handle serious crimes. It makes a mockery of the concept of blind justice.

Beyond Obama, what comes next is a president who has likely committed several felonies, if not treason, as Secretary of State.


14 posted on 05/10/2015 6:13:56 AM PDT by Mister Da (The mark of a wise man is not what he knows, but what he knows he doesn't know!)
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To: SJackson

The IRS Goes to Court

The agency suggests it can discriminate for 270 days. Judges gasp.

...on Monday when an animated three-judge panel eviscerated the IRS...

The IRS appealed, a maneuver that halted discovery that could prove to be highly embarrassing.

Poor Ms. McLaughlin was sent to argue the indefensible so the IRS can delay discovery until the waning days of the Obama Administration. “If I were you, I would go back and ask your superiors whether they want us to represent that the government’s position in this case is that the government is free to unconstitutionally discriminate against its citizens for 270 days,” said Judge Garland.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-irs-goes-to-court-1430953480


15 posted on 05/10/2015 6:16:35 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (BINGO!)
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To: bert

Someone stealthy...


16 posted on 05/10/2015 6:19:43 AM PDT by jonno (Having an opinion is not the same as having the answer...)
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To: Mister Da

Congress is certainly able to arrange for a special prosecutor/independent counsel apart from relying on the Executive Branch. The Ethics in Government Act of 1978 was one such authorization.

Trey Gowdy proposed this when the Lois Lerner subject was hot, but ‘forgot’ about it for his own committee.


17 posted on 05/10/2015 6:27:05 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: SJackson

Does anyone know if there is a transcribed copy of the oral arguments for this? On the website for the court, all I see is a huge mp3 file


18 posted on 05/10/2015 7:56:05 AM PDT by zeugma (Are there more nearby spiders than the sun is big?)
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To: SJackson

Discrimination ,the one word that tells us everything we need to know about the Obama Admin


19 posted on 05/10/2015 7:58:01 AM PDT by molson209 (Blank)
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To: SJackson

The judges, having gasped, and the proceedings, having come to an end, everyone agreed that Justice had been served and everyone had had a Jolly Fine Day. No fines were levied, no prison time was meted out, no one was punished, and they all went home. All Hail and Long Live Obama!


20 posted on 05/10/2015 8:27:07 AM PDT by I am Richard Brandon
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