Toward a free society. Many people think the Internal Revenue Service was violating civil liberties when it harassed tea party groups. After all, the groups were targeted because they wanted to exercise their civil liberty to challenge government policies. However, the specific issue in the IRS case was the groups’ application for tax-exempt status, ... MORE
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Judge Protects IRS From Forensic Search For E-Mails
Another federal court helps a federal agency. The IRS won what might be Round One in a series of contests pitting tea party groups against the agency, with a federal judge rejecting a conservative group’s bid for a court-appointed forensics expert to hunt for ex-official Lois Lerner’s lost emails. Judge Reggie Walton of the U.S. District ... MORE
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Agent Admits Tea Party Groups Still In IRS Crosshairs
by Paul Bedard. In a remarkable admission that is likely to rock the Internal Revenue Service again, testimony released Thursday by House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp reveals that an agent involved in reviewing tax exempt applications from conservative groups told a committee investigator that the agency is still targeting ... MORE
Brent Bozell: Insulating Obama From His Corrupt IRS
It helps when the media ignores the issue. President Obama is announcing for the umpteenth time he's going to "pivot" to fixing the economy — as if that's ever worked before, since it is he who broke it. That said, Obama will pivot to tiddlywinks if that's what it takes to get out from under his mountain of scandals. On the White House ... MORE
Phyllis Schlafly: Big Brother Obama Is Watching
Public servants transmogrify to masters. It has become evident that Barack Obama's definition of "fundamentally
transforming the United States" includes Big Brother harassing selected
conservatives while monitoring everybody's email and telephone traffic.
These seem to be among the surprising duties of the Internal Revenue
Service ... MORE
Liz Sidoti: Mounting Controversies Are All About Trust
Another day, another scandal. As a candidate, Barack Obama vowed to bring a different, better kind of leadership to the dysfunctional capital. He'd make government more efficient, accountable and transparent. He'd rise above the "small-ball" nature of doing business. And he'd work with Republicans to break Washington paralysis. You can trust me, ... MORE
Donald Lambro: The Real Scandal Is Economic
Another scandal is Obama is clueless about. In the sixth month of his second term, President Obama is still putting his national security team together and trying to figure out what he wants to do during the remainder of his presidency. So far, Mr. Obama, who spends much, if not most, of his time delivering speeches and not much else, ... MORE
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