Trump’s Executive Order on Free Speech and Religious Liberty

Today, the Trump administration announced a new executive order promoting free speech and religious liberty. According to administration officials, the order outlines a policy of  protecting and “vigorously” promoting religious liberty and “directs the IRS to exercise maximum enforcement discretion to alleviate the burden of the Johnson Amendment.” To learn more about the implications of the Johnson Amendment, read CRC president Scott Walter’s commentary on how the amendment restricts free speech.