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Can the IRS revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status?

Chico Enterprise Record 18 Apr 2025
Phil Hackney, a law professor at the University of Pittsburgh, said, “Long history and precedent suggest that Harvard and institutions of higher education are operating for educational purposes, which are considered charitable,” under the tax code.
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Noah Feldman: Here is Harvard’s best argument against funding cuts

Pioneer Press 18 Apr 2025
Harvard University is betting everything on the rule of law ... Then the Trump administration has to follow the law as laid down by the courts ... A professor of law at Harvard University, he is author, most recently, of “To Be a Jew Today.
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Can Donald Trump and the IRS revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status?

East Bay Times 18 Apr 2025
Phil Hackney, a law professor at the University of Pittsburgh, said, “Long history and precedent suggest that Harvard and institutions of higher education are operating for educational purposes, which are considered charitable,” under the tax code.
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Explainer: What does the US ruling on Google's illegal ad tech monopoly mean?

RNZ 18 Apr 2025
The most serious implication of the ruling might be how the company manages the ripple effects of court-ordered remedies across other parts of its ad tech suite, Nikolas Guggenberger, a law professor at the University of Houston, has said.
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Michigan schools look to unite in 'Mutual Defense Compact' against Trump

Raw Story 18 Apr 2025
Schools are already seeing the negative impacts of President Donald Trump’s divisive rhetoric and threatening executive orders, Sandra Levitsky, a professor of sociology and law at the University of ...
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'Outlast the bully': Retired law prof vows Harvard will beat 'vindictive' Trump

Raw Story 18 Apr 2025
Retired Harvard Law professor Laurence Tribe applauded his institution for standing firm in the face of President Donald Trump's efforts to shake it down on Thursday — and said Trump will lose this fight badly in court.
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Failure to return Garcia could lead to constitutional crisis, experts say

Tyler Morning Telegraph 18 Apr 2025
Litigation over the return of a mistakenly deported Maryland man is testing the limits of an already fractured system of checks and balances, constitutional law professors said this week ....
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Biz: Duke professor pushes new name for Atlanta Braves — by one letter

Business Journal 18 Apr 2025
A Duke University law professor and his brother want the Braves to change their name by adding one letter ... .
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UCLA community leads protest following detainment of student at US-Mexico border

Daily Bruin 18 Apr 2025
Sunita Patel, a professor at the UCLA School of Law, said in a speech that the Trump administration’s recent crackdowns on immigration – including through denying Temporary Protected Status for ...
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White House seeks to bring financial regulators under its sway

The Spokesman-Review 18 Apr 2025
Peter Shane, a law professor emeritus at The Ohio State University, said the Supreme Court has likely stopped short of fully adopting Trump’s embrace of the unitary executive theory because it would ...
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'Damning': Expert says Trump DOJ basically told 'you shouldn't be in our courtroom'

Raw Story 18 Apr 2025
It’s just damning,” Goodman, an NYU School of Law professor said on CNN ... Goodman said Thursday on CNN’s “OutFront” that he was stunned by how fast the appeals court acted ... ALSO READ ... He added that the Reagan-appointed Judge J ... .
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UCLA international student detained at U.S.-Mexico border amid Trump visa cancellations

The Los Angeles Times 18 Apr 2025
... Blair, an associate professor of political science who spoke at the rally. 'We'd like UCLA to stand up for their students.' Ariela Gross, a UCLA law and history professor, also addressed the crowd.
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The Democrat Party and Law and Journalism Schools Are Americans’ Worst Enemies, by Paul Craig Roberts

The Unz Review 18 Apr 2025
Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz, one of the most knowledgable and seasoned law practitioners in the US, has expressed concern about federal district judge Boasberg’s threat to hold President ...
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