Analysis & Commentary
Non-Profit Rights
Obama Administration Refuses to Release Bush-Era OLC Opinion
The Obama Administration has pledged to restore transparency in government. But last week the Brennan Center had to sue for the release of a Bush-era opinion by the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) . . .
Authored by: Laura Abel, in The Hill's Congress Blog
– 10/20/09
An Important Vote to Protect Charity Lobbying Rights
An article describing the legal services “poison pill” restriction and its relationship to more recent efforts to defund nonprofit advocacy work.
Authored by: Vince Stehle, Surdna Foundation
– 04/09/09
Federal Court Again Finds Content-Based Restrictions on HIV Prevention Funding Unconstitutional
Authored by: Arthur S. Leonard, Professor, New York Law School (Leonard Link)
– 08/17/08
Q&A on the Latest AOSI v. USAID Ruling
Analysis of the August 8, 2008 district court ruling in AOSI v. USAID granting InterAction and the Global Health Council a preliminary injunction.
– 08/08/08
Another Example of Shoddy Legal Reasoning
Shoddy legal reasoning in memos the DoJ’s Office of Legal Counsel authored in response to 9/11 are a constant focus of the news media these days. Receiving less attention, but equally important, is the question whether the problems at the DoJ go beyond the war on terror. There are indications that they do, specifically an opinion on the 2003 “Leadership Act.”
Authored by: Laura K. Abel
– 03/13/08
Prostitution Pledge or Zambia’s Women and Girls
Authored by: William Smith (SIECUS)
– 03/11/08