Attorney and Legal Commentator

Jerome Marcus

2 articles 2001–2016

Jerome Marcus is a lawyer who contributed to The Weekly Standard on topics related to tax law, government overreach, and legal frameworks governing national security. His articles for the magazine addressed IRS enforcement issues and the legal treatment of terrorists under the law of war.

How the Trump Administration Can Stop IRS Abuse of Political Groups

December 6, 2016 · Donald Trump, IRS, Jerome M. Marcus

For more than six years, the Internal Revenue Service has been trying to fend off accusations that its process for granting tax-exempt status discriminated against applicants expressing political views at odds with those of the Obama administration. This discrimination against political viewpoints…

Terrorists and the Law of War

November 19, 2001 · Jerome M. Marcus, Magazine

THE FRENCH-MOROCCAN terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui made a series of suspicion-provoking blunders that landed him in a Minnesota jail in mid August. Otherwise, the 33-year-old Moussaoui would likely have been a "fifth hijacker" on board United Flight 93, which crashed into the Pennsylvania countryside…