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The CIA\u27s Public Operational Files: Accessing Files Exempt from the CIA Information Act of 1984 Because of Investigations into Illegal or Improper Activity
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Third-Party Profit-Taking in Tax Exemption Jurisprudence
Get PDFNothing is free, not even charity. In almost every case, a tax-exempt nonprofit organization must transact with profit-seekers to achieve the charitable goal for which the organization has been granted tax exemption. The organization will have to fund somebody\u27s accession to wealth. It may be, for example, that a particular nonprofit organization need only hire one or two employees to deliver meals to elderly beneficiaries. Even in that circumstance, an organization must normally pay market rates for the labor necessary to achieve its charitable goal. Employees will profit; the law presumes as much, and we would be hard pressed to articulate an objection. In their daily pursuit of the public good, nonprofits nevertheless exist and must participate in the amoral, for-profit market just as any other consumer. They rent space, pay for transportation, and purchase labor and supplies, in most cases paying whatever the market demands and thereby conveying profit on a third party. The conveyance of profit on a third party for routine goods and services is an implicit condition precedent to the accomplishment of any charitable goal. Thus, nonprofits are not immune from market forces merely because their fiduciaries must personally disdain the profit motive. The point is so clearly axiomatic that it is almost unremarkable
Amicus Curiae Brief in support of Petitioner, Service Vision Plan Inc. v. United States Case No. 08-164
Get PDFBoundary Waters Treaty of 1909 as a Model for Interjurisdictional Water Governance
Get PDFIn an age of increasing interjurisdictional water conflict and water management concern, the list of accomplishments of the Boundary Water Treaty of 1909 (BWT), reached in a harmonious manner, raises the possibility that, perhaps, the management mechanisms of the BWT might beneficially be used in other contexts. This Article will take up that possibility in the context of three contemporary American interstate water allocation disputes. These disputes are (1) a relatively simple cross-border complaint by a downstream state, South Carolina, that North Carolina cities are using too much water of the Catawba River; (2) the basin-wide dispute regarding water use and allocation in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint Basin; and (3) the claim of the State of Mississippi that the water utility company serving Memphis, Tennessee and its growing urban area, is violating Mississippi\u27s rights and those of her citizens to groundwater of the regional Sparta Aquifer
Female Genital Mutilation: Exploring Strategies for Ending Ritualized Torture; Shaming, Blaming, and Utilizing the Convention against Torture
Get PDFThe intent of this article is to graphically describe female genital mutilation (FGM); discuss the background of FGM and its health, psychological, and social implications; propose some workable solutions to ending FGM; and raise the level of awareness of the pain and suffering of women around the world. In part, this article will discuss invoking the Convention against Torture against those nations unwilling to end this horrific practice. There is also a caveat to this article: the author acknowledges that discussing solutions to the practice of FGM is not a simplistic and straight-forward endeavor. Solutions to ending FGM are as complicated as the societies that practice it. Therefore, ending FGM cannot be reduced to feel-good sound bites, but must be thoughtful, respectful, and deliberate
Diversity Matters: ABA LPM Section Addresses Firm Management\u27s Role
Get PDFLaw firms must address the individual perceptions of their attorneys with respect to diversity issues so that everyone\u27s contributions to the firm\u27s mission and bottom line are acknowledged and valued
The Latino Lawful Permanent Resident Removal Cases: A Case Study of Nicaragua and a Call for Fairness and Responsibility in the Administration of U.S. Immigration Law
Get PDFThis Note aims to contribute to current dialogue by raising issues of fairness, responsibility, and human dignity that merit special consideration in any immigration reform proposal regarding the laws that apply to lawful permanent residents who have committed crimes. Part I analyzes the underlying motivation for the enactment of the immigration laws that were passed in 1996. Part II utilizes a case analysis of issues faced by deportees from Nicaragua to illustrate how the foreign policy of the United States affects the governments, economies, and migration trends of other countries. Parts III and IV borrow from the analysis in Part II to dispel the rhetoric about national security that has been used to promote mass deportations, and to suggest that deportations of longtime lawful permanent residents may not be in the best interest of the United States or its neighbors. Part V sets forth a simple, straight-forward recommendation for legislative reforms that would promote fairness in the removal process of lawful permanent residents