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The Johnson Amendment is a provision in the U.S. tax code, since 1954, that prohibits all 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations from endorsing or opposing political candidates.
Jan 10, 2020 · The Johnson Amendment was adopted in 1954, restricting tax-exempt churches from participating in political campaigns or risk losing their tax-exempt status. Some churches have complained the restriction inhibits their religious expression.
In May 1954, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous 9–0 decision in favor of the Browns. The Court ruled that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal," and therefore laws that impose them violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
May 20, 2020 · But has the constitutionality of the Johnson Amendment actually been determined by the Supreme Court as it applies to religious organizations? The answer, unfortunately, is no. However, two U.S. Court of Appeals circuits have upheld the Amendment as constitutional in the past when applied to religious organizations.
Feb 3, 2017 · Here are five basic questions that we can answer. 1. What is the Johnson Amendment? The Johnson Amendment regulates what tax-exempt organizations such as churches can do in the political...
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Aug 24, 2018 · In 1954, two wealthy Texans had used tax-exempt organizations they headed, the Facts Forum and the Committee for Constitutional Government, to support a young state senator who opposed Johnson in that year’s primary election. Johnson won handily but was reportedly incensed that two tax-exempt entities had opposed him. 7
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Hernandez v. Texas, 347 U.S. 475 (1954), was a landmark case, "the first and only Mexican-American civil-rights case heard and decided by the United States Supreme Court during the post-World War II period."
