Aug 29, 2018 12:44 AM
https://www.inquisitr.com/5048385/donald...-midterms/
EXCERPT: . . . According to *Business Insider*, Trump warned the [evangelical Leaders] audience that the November elections aren’t just a referendum on him. It’s a referendum, he says, on freedom of religion and the First Amendment.
Trump also told the crowd that he “got rid of” the Johnson Amendment, which Trump claims limits the free speech of Christians. [...] The so-called “Johnson Amendment,” which prohibits churches (and other religious institutions, and charitable organizations) from directly campaigning for, or opposing, a political cause or candidate. They are of course legally free to do so, but they risk losing their tax-exempt status if they do.
[...] Despite Trump’s claims to the contrary, the law is still on the books. Trump signed an executive order in 2017 aimed at overturning the law; however, the president does not have the authority to overturn a law, only Congress can do that. Congressional efforts at overturning the laws have failed. Gregory Magarian, a constitutional law professor at Washington University Law School, says Trump’s 2017 executive order “does almost nothing.”
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EXCERPT: . . . According to *Business Insider*, Trump warned the [evangelical Leaders] audience that the November elections aren’t just a referendum on him. It’s a referendum, he says, on freedom of religion and the First Amendment.
Trump also told the crowd that he “got rid of” the Johnson Amendment, which Trump claims limits the free speech of Christians. [...] The so-called “Johnson Amendment,” which prohibits churches (and other religious institutions, and charitable organizations) from directly campaigning for, or opposing, a political cause or candidate. They are of course legally free to do so, but they risk losing their tax-exempt status if they do.
[...] Despite Trump’s claims to the contrary, the law is still on the books. Trump signed an executive order in 2017 aimed at overturning the law; however, the president does not have the authority to overturn a law, only Congress can do that. Congressional efforts at overturning the laws have failed. Gregory Magarian, a constitutional law professor at Washington University Law School, says Trump’s 2017 executive order “does almost nothing.”
MORE: https://www.inquisitr.com/5048385/donald...-midterms/