[EL] Criticism of candidate by 501(c)((3) during campaign -- permitted?

[John Pomeranz]

And what of the precedential revenue rulings (e.g. 2004-6 and 2007-41) that likewise show a standard broader than express advocacy, Jon?  Or court decisions (e.g. Christian Echoes) that support the IRS assertion of a right to regulate tax-exempt more broadly than the government may regulate the speech of other actors?

Your personal constitutional interpretation is your personal constitutional interpretation, not law. 

John Pomeranz 
Harmon, Curran, Spielberg & Eisenberg

On Jun 9, 2013, at 10:22 PM, "jon.roland at constitution.org" <jon.roland at constitution.org> wrote:

> What I stated is what is the most that can be reasonably wrung out of
> vague statutes and regulations. The rest is the typical invention of
> agents who write instruction booklets and pretend they are legislation,
> but which deserve to be held void for vagueness or a violation of the
> nondelegation doctrine.
> 
> Practice is practice, not law.
> 
>> The IRS
>> has explicitly stated that its test for campaign intervention is broader
>> than the express advocacy standard that Jon proposes.
> 
>