Uploaded April 2011 | Updated September 2026, 15 hours ago
It's very easy to not look at these events as some huge conspiracy, but it's very difficult NOT to see them as the political efforts of ideologically similar people in positions of power once again bearing fruit. It's almost as if the period from 2006-20010 was a brief pause in the GOP/Rove plan for a permanent Republican majority, and they're doing their best to implement the rest of it.
Links regarding Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn:
"Supreme Court OKs State Funding Scheme for Religious Schools and Bars Challenges"
religiondispatches.org/archive/politics/4468/supreme_court_oks_state_funding_scheme_for_religious_schools_and_bars_challenges
"In Tax-Credit Case, High Court Sidesteps Constitutional Issue"
blogs.wsj.com/law/2011/04/05/in-tax-credit-case-high-court-sidesteps-constitutional-issue
"Justice Kagan's First Dissent" (lots of good information here)
theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/04/justice-kagans-first-dissent/236807
"Editorial: No Vouching for Religion"
stljewishlight.com/opinion/editorial/article_cd9393dc-605f-11e0-83de-001cc4c002e0.html
Links on the Federal Government shutdown:
"No New Small Business or Housing Loans, No Military Pay, No New Clinical Trials: What Would a Federal Government Shutdown Mean For You?"
blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2011/04/no-new-small-business-or-housing-loans-no-military-pay-no-new-clinical-trials-what-would-a-federal-g.html
"Federal shutdown would stop tax audits"
washingtontimes.com/blog/inside-politics/2011/apr/6/federal-shutdown-would-stop-tax-audits
"How a shutdown would affect you" (An example article for Seattle/Washington)
seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2014693690_shutdown06m.html?prmid=obinsite
"Administration: 800,000 feds likely furloughed under a shutdown"
federaltimes.com/article/20110406/AGENCY01/104060301
SKLAR v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE
The Sklars lost their case before the 9th Circuit Court (the Supreme Court declined to hear it), but no action was taken by the IRS on the final opinion, which suggested that the tax breaks given to Scientology are unconstitutional and should be examined. Given that Scientology was not a litigant in that case, I do not believe that the court could rule on the conduct of the IRS toward it.
SKLAR v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE @findlaw
"caselaw.findlaw.com/us-9th-circuit/1026044.html"
"Scotus rebuffs Scientology tax case"
politico.com/blogs/joshgerstein/1009/Scotus_rebuffs_Scientology_tax_case.html
"New Details Emerge of Scientology-IRS Settlement"
taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2009/06/new-details-emerge.html
It's very easy to not look at these events as some huge conspiracy, but it's very difficult NOT to see them as the political efforts of ideologically similar people in positions of power once again bearing fruit. It's almost as if the period from 2006-20010 was a brief pause in the GOP/Rove plan for a permanent Republican majority, and they're doing their best to implement the rest of it.
Links regarding Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn:
"Supreme Court OKs State Funding Scheme for Religious Schools and Bars Challenges"
religiondispatches.org/archive/politics/4468/supreme_court_oks_state_funding_scheme_for_religious_schools_and_bars_challenges
"In Tax-Credit Case, High Court Sidesteps Constitutional Issue"
blogs.wsj.com/law/2011/04/05/in-tax-credit-case-high-court-sidesteps-constitutional-issue
"Justice Kagan's First Dissent" (lots of good information here)
theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/04/justice-kagans-first-dissent/236807
"Editorial: No Vouching for Religion"
stljewishlight.com/opinion/editorial/article_cd9393dc-605f-11e0-83de-001cc4c002e0.html
Links on the Federal Government shutdown:
"No New Small Business or Housing Loans, No Military Pay, No New Clinical Trials: What Would a Federal Government Shutdown Mean For You?"
blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2011/04/no-new-small-business-or-housing-loans-no-military-pay-no-new-clinical-trials-what-would-a-federal-g.html
"Federal shutdown would stop tax audits"
washingtontimes.com/blog/inside-politics/2011/apr/6/federal-shutdown-would-stop-tax-audits
"How a shutdown would affect you" (An example article for Seattle/Washington)
seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2014693690_shutdown06m.html?prmid=obinsite
"Administration: 800,000 feds likely furloughed under a shutdown"
federaltimes.com/article/20110406/AGENCY01/104060301
SKLAR v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE
The Sklars lost their case before the 9th Circuit Court (the Supreme Court declined to hear it), but no action was taken by the IRS on the final opinion, which suggested that the tax breaks given to Scientology are unconstitutional and should be examined. Given that Scientology was not a litigant in that case, I do not believe that the court could rule on the conduct of the IRS toward it.
SKLAR v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE @findlaw
"caselaw.findlaw.com/us-9th-circuit/1026044.html"
"Scotus rebuffs Scientology tax case"
politico.com/blogs/joshgerstein/1009/Scotus_rebuffs_Scientology_tax_case.html
"New Details Emerge of Scientology-IRS Settlement"
taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2009/06/new-details-emerge.html
