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It would be unconstitutional for the government to discriminate between churches and secular organizations when allowing or barring political speech. 0.900

👤 Benjamin Leff 📋 Opinion Essay 🏷️ Law , Politics , Religion

Simplified: Government discriminating between churches and secular organizations is unconstitutional

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Instead of revising the Johnson Amendment by issuing official regulatory guidance through the I.R.S. or the Treasury Department, the I.R.S. is floating this significant policy change as part of a cour... 0.900

👤 Benjamin Leff 📋 Opinion Essay 🏷️ Government , Law , Politics

Simplified: IRS is floating policy change as part of court filing in Texas lawsuit

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The good news is that the I.R.S.’s proposal is roughly along these lines. 0.700

👤 Benjamin Leff 📋 Opinion Essay 🏷️ Government , Law , Politics

Simplified: IRS proposal is roughly along these lines

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The First Amendment requires that charities have some way of expressing their political views — namely, inside their organization — but they are not permitted to engage in politicking at the taxpayer’... 0.900

👤 Benjamin Leff 📋 Opinion Essay 🏷️ Law , Politics

Simplified: First Amendment requires charities express political views inside their organization

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Nor should the pastor’s church be allowed to publicly campaign for a candidate. 0.800

👤 Benjamin Leff 📋 Opinion Essay 🏷️ Politics , Religion

Simplified: Pastor's church should not publicly campaign for candidate

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Charities should be prohibited from engaging in political speech in outside settings. 0.800

👤 Benjamin Leff 📋 Opinion Essay 🏷️ Politics , Law

Simplified: Charities should be prohibited from political speech in outside settings

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For example, a pastor should be able to endorse a political candidate in a sermon, but not if that sermon is posted on a church website. 0.800

👤 Benjamin Leff 📋 Opinion Essay 🏷️ Politics , Religion

Simplified: Pastor can endorse candidate in sermon but not on church website

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The solution, I believe, is to permit charities to endorse candidates, but to limit as much as possible the charities’ use of funds to promote that endorsement. 0.800

👤 Benjamin Leff 📋 Opinion Essay 🏷️ Politics , Finance

Simplified: Permit charities to endorse candidates but limit their use of funds

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One way to do that is to limit political speech to internal communications — specifically, face-to-face discourse among congregants or members. 0.800

👤 Benjamin Leff 📋 Opinion Essay 🏷️ Politics , Communication

Simplified: Limit political speech to internal communications like face-to-face discourse

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The government shouldn’t force taxpayers to subsidize political speech they may not agree with — which, in effect, is what allowing tax-deductible contributions to fund political campaigning would do. 0.900

👤 Benjamin Leff 📋 Opinion Essay 🏷️ Politics , Finance

Simplified: Government should not force taxpayers to subsidize political speech

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It’s a central liberal principle that government should not restrict political speech. 0.900

👤 Benjamin Leff 📋 Opinion Essay 🏷️ Politics , Law

Simplified: Government should not restrict political speech according to liberal principle

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The I.R.S. can and should revise the Johnson Amendment to protect the speech rights of charities without creating a campaign finance loophole. 0.900

👤 Benjamin Leff 📋 Opinion Essay 🏷️ Law , Politics

Simplified: IRS should revise Johnson Amendment to protect charities' speech rights

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The rule that since 1954 has prevented charities, including churches, from endorsing candidates. 1.000

👤 Benjamin Leff 📋 Opinion Essay 🏷️ Law , Politics , History

Simplified: Johnson Amendment has prevented charities from endorsing candidates since 1954

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This proposal — which comes in the wake of years of advocacy by conservative Christian activists — constitutes a major reinterpretation of the so-called Johnson Amendment, the rule that since 1954 has... 0.900

👤 Benjamin Leff 📋 Opinion Essay 🏷️ Law , Politics

Simplified: IRS proposal constitutes major reinterpretation of Johnson Amendment

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Last month the Internal Revenue Service did something remarkable: It proposed allowing houses of worship to engage in political speech and even endorse candidates without jeopardizing their ability to... 0.900

👤 Benjamin Leff 📋 Opinion Essay 🏷️ Government , Law , Politics

Simplified: IRS proposed allowing houses of worship to engage in political speech last month

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She has been covering the topic since the first detainees were brought to the U.S. base in 2002. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Person , Historical

Simplified: Carol Rosenberg has been covering Guantanamo since first detainees arrived in 2002

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Carol Rosenberg reports on the wartime prison and court at Guantánamo Bay. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Person

Simplified: Carol Rosenberg reports on wartime prison and court at Guantanamo Bay

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On July 15, Glenn Morgan, whose father Richard was killed at the World Trade Center while working with an emergency management command team, wrote Mr. Hegseth asking if he would reconsider the plea de... 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Person , Legal

Simplified: Glenn Morgan wrote Mr Hegseth asking him to reconsider plea deal on July 15

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In recent years, prosecutors have told them that in the U.S. military system, if a person who has been convicted dies while appealing a verdict, the conviction is nullified. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Legal , Government

Simplified: US military system nullifies conviction if convicted person dies during appeal

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Terry Kay Rockefeller, 75, whose sister Laura was killed on Sept. 11 at a conference at the World Trade Center, said that since the plea deal was overturned, she has come to “feel that I may not live... 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Person , Emotional

Simplified: Terry Kay Rockefeller feels she may not live to see the end of the case since plea deal was overturned

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