ACLU of Rhode Adds New Claims in 1st Amendment Suit Over State's Discrimination Against Authors
July 25, 2019
July 25, 2019
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, July 25 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island issued the following news release:
The ACLU of Rhode Island today has added new constitutional claims to a lawsuit it filed in May against the State, challenging the state Division of Taxation's position that a special sales tax exemption for Rhode Island authors applies only to works of fiction, and not to non-fiction, because non-fiction is not "creative and original." The lawsuit, fi . . .
The ACLU of Rhode Island today has added new constitutional claims to a lawsuit it filed in May against the State, challenging the state Division of Taxation's position that a special sales tax exemption for Rhode Island authors applies only to works of fiction, and not to non-fiction, because non-fiction is not "creative and original." The lawsuit, fi . . .