The Internal Revenue Service in Washington on Jan. 6, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
A federal judge declined on March 31 to hear a settlement pact that sought to allow churches to endorse political candidates without losing their tax-exempt status.
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas Judge John Campbell Barker ruled he had no authority to enter a settlement agreement proposed by the IRS and the plaintiffs that would have required the court to declare the Johnson Amendment, a 70-year-old federal law, unconstitutional.
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