CNN - Conservative Group Takes IRS, Top Obama Officials to Court

By Dana Bash and Alan Silverleib, CNN.com

A prominent conservative legal advocacy group sued top Internal Revenue Service and Obama administration officials on Wednesday, claiming the constitutional rights of 25 organizations were violated when the IRS targeted conservative outfits seeking tax-exempt status.

The Washington-based American Center for Law and Justice argued in a federal district court filing that the organizations' First Amendment free speech rights and Fifth Amendment due process rights were violated, among other things. The group also contends that the IRS violated its own regulations. . . 

It asks the court to force the immediate granting of tax-exempt status to several groups still waiting for the IRS to act on their applications. "The overreach by the Internal Revenue Service is not only extremely disturbing but it is unconstitutional as well," ACLJ Chief Counsel Jay Sekulow said. . . .

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