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Trump swings unreal overturning of law while promising violence from rivals winning

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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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The IRS is under the executive branch and fully within the president's "prosecutorial discretion" (as Obama was wont to claim about illegal immigration).

IOW, as long as Trump is in office the Johnson Amendment is effectively repealed. Just like immigration law was effectively repealed under Obama.


And the violence mentioned in the article refers to leftist violence.
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