A conservative civil liberties group reportedly alleges that the Internal Revenue Service is requesting information about tea party groups that have filed for tax-exempt status.
According to the Washington, D.C. based American Center for Law and Justice, the IRS requested information about the groups, including some probing questions, in a move that the Center says violates the free speech and freedom of association rights preserved under the First Amendment.
The organizations are reported to have followed the law and applied for tax exempt status for their activities just as groups have done for decades. However, the IRS has gone beyond legitimate inquiries and is demanding that the organizations answer questions that actually violate the First Amendment rights of the groups membership.
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