As if everyday life in these United States wasn’t politicized enough, your local house of worship could soon become a part of ...

There’s only one known instance of a church losing its tax-exempt status because it violated the Johnson Amendment, but ...

The rule was introduced by former President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1954 when he was serving as the U.S. Senate majority leader.

In 2024, two churches and a religious organization filed a lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), claiming that ...

A 2019 survey by Pew Research found that 76% of Americans and 70% of Christians say clergy should not endorse candidates from ...

The majority of the Founders ... were determined to prevent the official establishment of any single national denomination or religion.

Comparing it to a family discussion, the Internal Revenue Service agreed on Monday that pastors and other religious leaders ...

In a proposed legal settlement, the Internal Revenue Service has agreed that it will abandon enforcement of longstanding ...

In court filings July 7, the IRS has largely backed down on a decades-old rule that barred churches from engaging in ...

Interview with Doug Pagitt of Vote Common Good about the new IRS ruling that pastors can endorse candidates from the pulpit.

The Johnson Amendment has been used to chill free speech in churches. The IRS finally changed the rule in a recent decision.

Although seldom enforced, The Johnson Act has long been a source of tension between religious groups and federal regulators.