“A Las Vegas federal judge has called the anti-tax writings of a civil defendant ‘nonsense’ and enjoined him from distributing a book that’s based on them. The case has sparked a legal battle that pits federal tax law against First Amendment rights. A suit brought by the Tax Division of the Justice Department has won a temporary restraining order that enjoins Irwin Schiff and two co-workers from 13 specific activities, such as holding seminars that promote any false or fictitious tax schemes. U.S. v. Schiff, No. CV-S-03-0281-LDG-RJJ (D. Nev.).” The ACLU has stepped in, arguing that the injunction is an unconstitutional prior restraint, The National Law Journal reports here.
“A Las Vegas federal judge has called the anti-tax writings of a civil defendant ‘nonsense’ and enjoined him from distributing a book that’s based on them. The case has sparked a legal battle that pits federal tax law against First Amendment rights. A suit brought by the Tax Division of the Justice Department has won a temporary restraining order that enjoins Irwin Schiff and two co-workers from 13 specific activities, such as holding seminars that promote any false or fictitious tax schemes. U.S. v. Schiff, No. CV-S-03-0281-LDG-RJJ (D. Nev.).” The ACLU has stepped in, arguing that the injunction is an unconstitutional prior restraint, The National Law Journal reports here.
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