Johnson Amendment
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The Johnson Amendment is a 1954 law that provides that no church, or other institution of worship, or other non-profit organization, shall engage in political activity or endorse political candidates. Churches that do this rick de-certification as public charities under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.