Executive Order on Promoting Free Speech and Religious Liberty
✊ Civil Rights · First Term (2017–2021) · 🤖 AI-categorized
President Trump signed Executive Order 13798 on May 4, 2017, directing the Department of the Treasury to issue guidance on the Johnson Amendment, which prohibits tax-exempt organizations including churches from engaging in political campaign activity. The order instructed the IRS not to take enforcement action against tax-exempt organizations based solely on their political speech. The confirmed effect was that religious organizations gained increased latitude to engage in political activity without risking their tax-exempt status.