April 01, 2026
A Texas federal court rejected a deal between the IRS and church groups that sought to allow churches to engage in political speech without losing their tax-exempt status, saying the court lacked jurisdiction because the deal sprung from a case that tried to restrain tax collection.
November 25, 2025
A Texas federal judge on Tuesday prodded multiple churches and Christian advocacy groups that are trying to use a proposed deal with the IRS to endorse political candidates, questioning whether churches that are not part of the deal would assert similar rights.
August 18, 2025
A Texas federal court should block a deal the IRS made with religious groups that would allow churches to engage in political speech without losing their tax-exempt status, a nonprofit focused on the separation of church and state said, asking to intervene in the matter.
July 08, 2025
Churches can endorse political candidates without losing their tax-exempt status despite a ban on political activity by certain nonprofits, the IRS said in a Texas federal court document seeking to settle a suit by religious groups that claimed the prohibition on campaigning was unconstitutional.
April 21, 2025
A group of churches and Christian advocacy groups asked a Texas federal court Monday to find that a provision of the Internal Revenue Code that prevents tax-exempt nonprofits from endorsing political candidates is unconstitutional because it violates their free speech rights.
August 29, 2024
Churches and Christian advocacy groups asked a Texas federal court to declare unconstitutional a provision in the Internal Revenue Code that prevents tax-exempt nonprofits from endorsing political candidates, saying the IRS discriminates against conservative religious groups and churches in applying the law.