Churches and other non-profits can now endorse political candidates

[Papageorgio]

How can the "administration" interpret the law and just change it.

Aren't they supposed to follow the law?

(Not commenting on whether the laws is "good" or "bad", just Administration ignoring the law. Isn't that what we didn't like about Biden?)

WW

That part is easy, laws get reinterpreted and interpreted all the time, that is why we have court appeals and it works it way to the Supreme Court where a final interpretation is made.

 

[martybegan]

The board should not. If the employee organizations are unions they should not. Student orgs are kinda outside that loop.

I call bullshit on your position.

 

[Marener]

What in your addled mind is he trying to do?

This should be "good".....

Before Sending April 11 Demands, Trump Administration Privately Floated an Aggressive Agenda to Harvard | News | The Harvard Crimson

A confidential memo, later published in court documents, shows that the Trump administration had already shared an aggressive ‘menu’ of reforms with Harvard, a week before government officials sent a second list of demands that the University rejected.

www.thecrimson.com

 

[Marener]

That part is easy, laws get reinterpreted and interpreted all the time, that is why we have court appeals and it works it way to the Supreme Court where a final interpretation is made.

They’re not reinterpreting the law. They’re just choosing not to enforce it on some organizations.

 

[Crepitus]

I call bullshit on your position.

I don't care.

 

[martybegan]

Before Sending April 11 Demands, Trump Administration Privately Floated an Aggressive Agenda to Harvard | News | The Harvard Crimson

A confidential memo, later published in court documents, shows that the Trump administration had already shared an aggressive ‘menu’ of reforms with Harvard, a week before government officials sent a second list of demands that the University rejected.

www.thecrimson.com

All about Harvard not protecting students from the ACTIONS of other Students, not speech.

 

[Marener]

All about Harvard not protecting students from the ACTIONS of other Students, not speech.

lol. They demand students be admitted only on merit but then also demand that Harvard hire unqualified people to promote “viewpoints diversity”.

So no DEI unless it’s DEI for people they like.

It’s so ******* sleazy.

 

[martybegan]

lol. They demand students be admitted only on merit but then also demand that Harvard hire unqualified people to promote “viewpoints diversity”.

So no DEI unless it’s DEI for people they like.

It’s so ******* sleazy.

Student admission and faculty hiring are two different things. trying to combine the two shows your idiocy.

Harvard can simply decline federal funding and do what they want.

 

[Marener]

Student admission and faculty hiring are two different things. trying to combine the two shows your idiocy.

Harvard can simply decline federal funding and do what they want.

So you're admitting that you want DEI, gotcha.

And churches could simply decline being tax exempt if they wanted to endorse candidates.

Trump is clearly engaging in viewpoint discrimination.

 

[MisterBeale]

Student admission and faculty hiring are two different things. trying to combine the two shows your idiocy.

Harvard can simply decline federal funding and do what they want.

Did you notice how my question, (on the topic of the OP to Marener,) went completely unanswered, as she knew she had no ground to stand on, and instead she has derailed the topic to something unrelated?

The government has no obligation to use tax payers funds on universities spreading anti-American critical theory. . . the voters have spoken.

 

[MisterBeale]

So you're admitting that you want DEI, gotcha.

Classifying those with conservative views as, "unqualified," is disingenuous.



The government simply wants all points of view represented at universities receiving tax monies.

 

[Marener]

Classifying those with conservative views as, "unqualified," is disingenuous.

The government simply wants all points of view represented at universities receiving tax monies.

So it's not about merit. The government wants Harvard to hire less qualified people because they have the right "viewpoint" according to political authoritarians in government.

Isn't viewpoint diversity also a good thing in the student body?

 

[whitehall]

"A core tenet of the law"? What law? Anti 1st Amendment lefties have been relying on the faulty "separation of Church and state" doctrine created by the Supreme Court in the late 40's even though it has no basis in the Constitution. It's all about politics. The intent of the Court's decision was to halt the proliferation of religious based private schools in the mid 20th century which were seen as a threat to the federal education system. Surely the Founding Fathers who created the 1st Amendment freedom of religion had no interest in preventing religious institutions from expressing their 1st Amendment right to free speech.

 

[sartre play]

Balanced government? So we just keep changing the rules, depending on who holds the most power?????

 

[WorldWatcher]

Is the Amendment a regulation on religious organizations, or is it not?

It's not on religious organizations only.

IIRC, the Johnson Amendment applied to 501(c)(3) tax exempt charitable organizations. So it included other organizations besides religious organizations.

WW

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

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How can the "administration" interpret the law and just change it.

Aren't they supposed to follow the law?

(Not commenting on whether the laws is "good" or "bad", just Administration ignoring the law. Isn't that what we didn't like about Biden?)

WW

Presidents have unlimited power as authorized by unitary executive dogma and codified by the Supreme Court.

 

[Papageorgio]

They’re not reinterpreting the law. They’re just choosing not to enforce it on some organizations.

Which 501C 3’s are they choosing to enforce and which 501C 3’s are they not choosing to enforce?

 

[Marener]

Which 501C 3’s are they choosing to enforce and which 501C 3’s are they not choosing to enforce?

They’re choosing not to enforce it on churches and will enforce it on every other organization.

 

[Papageorgio]

They’re choosing not to enforce it on churches and will enforce it on every other organization.

What other 501C 3’s are they enforcing it on?

 

[Marener]

What other 501C 3’s are they enforcing it on?

Charities. Universities. Anyone other then religious organizations.