Posted on 06/27/2014 6:43:45 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
In the absence of a special prosecutor, the best opportunity for piercing the veil of secrecy and evasion that surrounds the IRS handling of groups perceived as enemies of the Obama administration lies in civil litigation. The National Organization for Marriage has just obtained a $50,000 settlement from the IRS for its criminal release of confidential donor information to an opposition group. ~snip~
The absence of any official judicial inquiry into the inner workings of the IRS processes is why it is so important to note that yesterday saw the beginning of the discovery phase in the lawsuit by Z-Street a pro-Israel organization that was told its application for tax exempt status was being delayed because:
…these cases are being sent to a special unit in the DC office to determine whether the organization’s activities contradict the Administration’s public policies.Z-Street’s lawsuit alleges unlawful viewpoint discrimination, a First Amendment claim. The IRS tried several arguments to dismiss Z-Street’s lawsuit, all of which were dismissed by Washington, DC federal district court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, an Obama appointee. She noted that Z-Street was not suing to gain tax exempt status, but rather over the viewpoint discrimination evidenced by what it was told by IRS agent Diane Gentry about contradicting administration policies – the process by which the IRS made the determination on tax exempt status. In the words of the Jerusalem Post:
~snip~The Z Street case may be what forces the IRS to pull aside its carefully constructed curtain and reveal how it made decisions regarding organizations deemed out of step with the current US administration.
Strangely enough no major media outlet covered the opening of the discovery phase of this case. Only Gretchen Carlson of Fox News had the wit to notice...
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
I believe the main reason things have gotten so bad is that the media is complicit in the corruption of power evidenced by the current regime. We have the government they want us to have. That’s because they are communists, too.
Instead of exposing corruption, as they were intended to do with their 1st Amendment protections, they give a public beatdown to any opposition.
I hope they have a "hard" copy of that. That could blow all of this IRS stuff wide open.
in 1775 47% of the population was not suckling on the government teat
In a speech he claimed a few federal employees have made bone headed decisions.”””
From the OVAL Office on down......
Is there a non-disclosure agreement tucked into that $50K settlement?
That’s a different case.
1775: 40 and 45 percent of the white population supported the Patriots’ cause, between 15 and 20% supported the Loyalists, and the remainder were neutral or kept a low profile
ex Robert M. Calhoon, “Loyalism and neutrality” in Jack P. Greene; J. R. Pole (2008). A Companion to the American Revolution. John Wiley & Sons. p. 235.
Valid point.
I still believe that loyalist “support” is not quite the same as government dependency.
But, to counter my own point, I imagine a lot of the loyalists were that because they were benefiting economically and socially from crown rule as much as philosophical loyalty to the monarchy.
Still, if things should openly and actively take that turn, it will be very instructive to see how the people divide up.
Honestly, since Reagan left office, my faith in the intelligence and goodness of the American people has steadily diminished. I apologize for being pessimistic, I wish I could have the hope and faith some FReepers have that the masses will see the light. But I do not.
Caligula is not amused by contradiction of public policies. Not in the least.
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