Non-Profit Rights
The relationship between government and its many private partners is complicated and of growing importance. Our society relies on non-profit groups to provide vital services. But for non-profits who also engage in advocacy and other forms of protected free expression, this partnership carries risks. Advocacy groups can, for example, often incite anger and are subject to direct and indirect governmental retaliation. The government can reduce—or terminate—funding, impose onerous restrictions on funding, and may encumber funding with restrictions that control the freedom of grant recipients to use their own funds to speak freely on issues of public importance.
To assist nonprofits whose First Amendment rights are
threatened, the
The Brennan Center is challenging funding restrictions put on organizations that receive Global AIDS Act funding.
The Brennan Center is challenging funding restrictions put on organizations that receive Global AIDS Act funding.
The Constitutionality of Restrictions on the Federal Affordable Housing Fund
A memorandum exploring the constitutionality of proposed restrictions on the federal affordable housing fund
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.”
