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There has been widespread condemnation of DOJ’s indictment of Southern Poverty Law Center yesterday. What’s been largely missed is that the fraud claim central to those charges can be politicized to target a sweeping range of nonprofits. In fact, it’s already begun. (1/12)
The AGs claimed “false statements” were being used by Media Matters in the report to help their fundraising. A federal judge though found the report was protected speech under the First Amendment and stopped the state investigations. (11/12) deadline.com/wp-content/uplo…
Been mourning the loss of legal scholar Marc Galanter this week. He was a giant in a number of fields and a generous and kind man. I had the privilege of working with him on an article on India's Grand Advocates when he was already over 80, but as intellectually lively as ever.
The article was his idea - of course - and still one I'm asked about from lawyers in India regularly. I remember plotting it out in late night dinners with him in Delhi and learning so much along the way. tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1…
For those interested in learning more, this is a nice tribute from Richard Abel on LSA's website: lawandsociety.site-ym.com/ne… He lived a truly rich life and will be missed.
The administration proposed dangerous new regulations today that would open up nonprofits whose staff participate in public loan forgiveness to investigation, potential third party litigation, and even gov't imposed "corrective action plans" 1/9 federalregister.gov/document…
All nonprofits should be concerned. This type of politicization could frighten many Americans from entering the nonprofit sector if they aren't sure their loans will be repaid. A future administration could also broaden the list of activities that trigger this regulation. 9/9
And, of course, this may foreshadow future efforts the administration could undertake to change the IRS's illegality doctrine: icnl.org/post/news/evolving-…
