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First Amendment Triumph: IRS Recognizes Pastors’ Right to Free Speech, by Zack Smith – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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By Zack Smith, The Daily Signal, July 11, 2025

Zack Smith is a senior legal fellow and manager of the Supreme Court and Appellate Advocacy Program in The Heritage Foundation’s Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies.

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Surely, in today’s America, the federal government can’t punish pastors for preaching from the pulpit about how to apply God’s Word to everyday life.

And yet, for 70 years, the Internal Revenue Service did just that.

It used a provision of the Internal Revenue Code called the Johnson Amendment—inserted in 1954 by then-Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson to stymie his political opponents—to chill free speech in churches.

The amendment uses nebulous language designed to prevent nonprofits from expressing views on political issues and candidates. The relevant language says that an entity will retain its nonprofit status only if it: ….

First Amendment Triumph: IRS Recognizes Pastors’ Right to Free Speech, by Zack Smith

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By Zack Smith, The Daily Signal, July 11, 2025

The Daily Signal depends on the support of readers like you. Donate now

Surely, in today’s America, the federal government can’t punish pastors for preaching from the pulpit about how to apply God’s Word to everyday life.

And yet, for 70 years, the Internal Revenue Service did just that.

It used a provision of the Internal Revenue Code called the Johnson Amendment—inserted in 1954 by then-Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson to stymie his political opponents—to chill free speech in churches.

The amendment uses nebulous language designed to prevent nonprofits from expressing views on political issues and candidates. The relevant language says that an entity will retain its nonprofit status only if it: ….

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