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Scope of IRS powers tops Supreme Court's busy docket of arguments and opinions
Washington Exaimner ^ | 3/26/23 | Kalen Deese

Posted on 03/26/2023 8:07:29 AM PDT by CFW

The Supreme Court will issue at least one opinion this week while it weighs a packed docket of cases, including a request by the IRS to allow its agents to secretly obtain financial records without the need to notify account holders.

Wednesday will mark the day when the nine justices consider Polselli v. IRS, which is expected to have sweeping implications for Fourth Amendment right protections against unreasonable searches and seizures as it pertains to the federal tax collecting agency. This case comes just months after the Inflation Reduction Act passed by Congress last year injected $45 billion to ramp up the agency's tax enforcement efforts.

Polselli seeks to settle a disagreement among lower courts over an exception in a section of law governing IRS authority. The case surrounds whether the agency's investigation of an individual allows it to peer into the accounts of third-party recordkeepers without informing those parties and without providing a chance to challenge their investigation in court.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Extended News; Government
KEYWORDS: audit; government; irs; privacy; scotus; searches; spy; spying; surveillance

1 posted on 03/26/2023 8:07:29 AM PDT by CFW
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To: CFW

This is another topic on which the squishy John Roberts could be on our side. While he is on the side of the police powers on matters of the 4th amendment, he likes to restrain FedGov on this issue every now and then.


2 posted on 03/26/2023 8:28:26 AM PDT by nwrep
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Q. How is this not an egregious violation of the Fourth Amendment?

A. In a totalitarian dictatorship, nothing that government agents ever do is ever wrong, according to said totalitarian dictatorship.


3 posted on 03/26/2023 9:04:10 AM PDT by coloradan (They're not the mainstream media, they're the gaslight media. It's what they do. )
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To: CFW

Holy cr**


4 posted on 03/26/2023 9:20:04 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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When do we investigate the IRS and it’s parasite employees for all of it’s dirty deeds?

Our Founding Fathers would have burned down their houses and buildings long ago.


5 posted on 03/26/2023 10:22:07 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: CFW
including a request by the IRS to allow its agents to secretly obtain financial records without the need to notify account holders.

Well I haven't researched this case at all, but how is this a Supreme Court case? Seems like it should be a pretty easy, obvious result...?
6 posted on 03/26/2023 11:21:06 AM PDT by Svartalfiar
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... By which I mean, the lowest-level court should have already spanked the IRS and this case ended there..?


7 posted on 03/26/2023 11:22:11 AM PDT by Svartalfiar
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To: CFW

Expect the court’s libs to rule in favor of the IRS, no matter what the issue. Taxes, taxes, taxes.


8 posted on 03/26/2023 11:36:00 AM PDT by DPMD (ua)
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9 posted on 03/26/2023 12:02:17 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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No problem...
Our communist masters have only our best interests at heart...


10 posted on 03/26/2023 1:56:18 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is the next Sam Adams when we so desperately need him)
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The IRS is exactly what its name implies- internal (within the federal jurisdiction). Claim to be in that jurisdiction by acquiring a federal tax ID number and they will gladly collect money from your income (sic).


11 posted on 03/26/2023 3:54:31 PM PDT by freedomjusticeruleoflaw (Strange that a man with his wealth would have to resort to prostitution.)
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