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| Meet Emmet Sullivan, IRS Judge Who Once Sicced a Special Prosecutor on DOJ | |
| 2014-06-28 | |
[NYObserver] Lerner, Holder, Obama: Are You Packing Your Bags?
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| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #7 Just to add to IRS miseries, at the beginning of June the suit against the IRS for discriminating against Jewish groups was allowed to go forward, per the JTA: Federal judge rules Z Street case against IRS may proceed June 1, 2014 6:51am WASHINGTON (JTA) — A federal judge ruled that a lawsuit challenging the Internal Revenue Service’s scrutiny of Israel-related groups may proceed. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson of the U.S. District Court in Washington D.C. on May 27 dismissed U.S. government claims that federal courts lack jurisdiction over the lawsuit filed in 2010 by an Israel advocacy group, Z Street. The lawsuit claims that IRS scrutiny of Z Street’s application for tax-exempt status violated its freedom of speech. Jackson accepted Z Street’s argument that the group was not suing to gain tax-exempt status but rather because it alleged that the government was subjecting it to unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination in assessing its application. In its lawsuit, Z Street, which was founded in 2009 in part to counter the influence of J Street, cited a conversation that its legal counsel had with an IRS agent. According to Z Street’s complaint, the IRS agent had said that applications for tax-exempt status from Israel-related entities are sent to a special unit in Washington to determine whether such organizations’ activities contradict the U.S. administration’s public policies. IRS officials in court papers have disputed this characterization of the conversation and said that it misstates the nature of their policy. The IRS has said that it gives special scrutiny to applicants that could provide resources to organizations in a country, such as Israel, that is at higher risk of terrorism. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2014-06-28 22:18 |
| #6 I'm hoping that right about now people in the IRS are beginning to think about themselves being the last escapee. |
| Posted by: irishrageboy 2014-06-28 16:32 |
| #5 Maybe he will do what's right rather than what's political like Chief U.S. Judge John Sirica during Watergate. Nothing will ever get by Eric Holder with regards to appointing a special prosecutor. The present government can't be trusted. The only chance that this IRS scandal might have a chance of getting proper investigation is in the courts. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-06-28 14:54 |
| #4 I wish him well. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2014-06-28 12:36 |
| #3 This will be interesting. Any bets on the Judge being removed from the bench by the empty suit and his cronies in DOJ prior to July 10? |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2014-06-28 11:57 |
| #2 Judicial Watch may catch a break. Maybe this whole investigation can get off the dime (I was thinking Lerner would have to be water-boarded to get anything out of her.) |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-06-28 10:25 |
| #1 There's man a slip between the cup and the lip. Modest golf clap from my porch for now. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-06-28 08:22 |