A lawsuit filed in Sept. 2024 by a group of major religious and conservative groups is seeking to overturn the Johnson Amendment, a decades-old rule that bars churches from endorsing politicians.

In July 2025 court filings for a proposed settlement, the IRS agreed that endorsements made by churches would not be seen as a violation of tax law.

Lawyers for the Americans United for the Separation of Church and state argued to intervene on Nov. 25 as the judge considered the term of the settlement.

Arguments were heard on Nov. 25 in a case that could overturn decades of First Amendment precedent that bars churches from endorsing political candidates and potentially reshape the role of religion in politics.

In a Texas courtroom, lawyers for Americans United for the Separation of Church and

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