National Religious Broadcasters v. IRS: Brief of Amici Curiae Campaign Legal Center, Public Citizen, and Common Cause Opposing the Parties’ Joint Motion for Entry of Consent Judgment

On behalf of co-amici Public Citizen and Common Cause, Campaign Legal Center filed a proposed friend-of-the-court brief with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas urging the Court to reject the parties’ motion to enter a consent decree that would undermine the Johnson Amendment by exempting religious 501(c)(3)s from its restrictions. The decree would not only violate federal law but allow for the creation of a dangerous new channel for anonymous, tax-deductible election spending—an unprecedented expansion of dark money in American politics.