Nonprofit Groups Band Together to Fight the IRS Assault on Free Speech!

By Constitution.com September 4, 2016

Over two dozen grassroots organizations are officially taking a stand against the IRS’s attempts to silence the free-speech rights of nonprofits by joining the Tax Revolution Institute’s (TRI) First Amendment Alliance.

Groups such as Fight for the Future, Move to Amend, Taxpayers United of America, and Coffee Party USA have banded together to formally denounce Regulation 134417–13, otherwise known as the IRS “muzzle rule.”  The full list of nonprofit groups that have so far joined TRI’s First Amendment Alliance represents the true nonpartisan nature of the issue at hand....... The muzzle rule — initially introduced by the IRS in 2013 — aims to redefine the meaning of “electioneering” to include constitutionally protected speech, such as news reporting and issue advocacy. As TRI has previously noted, the agency’s proposed definition of electioneering is so broad that any discussion of politicians, their voting records, or even the mere mention of a political candidate’s name, is enough to have an organization stripped of its tax-exempt status.......To Read More....