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Trump says the IRS regulates churches too much. Here's why he's wrong

  • Written by Philip Hackney, James E. & Betty M. Phillips Associate Professor of Law, Louisiana State University
imageWho enforces regulations that bar churches from engaging in politics?www.shutterstock.com

President Donald Trump recently signed an executive order that he said would keep his campaign promise to defend religious groups from the IRS when they engage in political speech.

Like other experts, I believe this move does nothing to change IRS policy. But...

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