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Nonprofits, Taxes, And Speech, Lloyd H. Mayer Jan 2023

Nonprofits, Taxes, And Speech, Lloyd H. Mayer

Journal Articles

Federal tax law is of two minds when it comes to speech by nonprofits. The tax benefits provided to nonprofits are justified in significant part because they provide nonprofits great discretion in choosing the specific ends and means to pursue, thereby promoting diversity and pluralism. But current law withholds some of these tax benefits if a nonprofit engages in certain types of political speech. Legislators have also repeatedly, if unsuccessfully, sought to expand these political speech restrictions in various ways. And some commentators have proposed denying tax benefits to groups engaged in other types of disfavored speech, including hate speech …


Extremist Speech, Compelled Conformity, And Censorship Creep, Danielle Keats Citron Mar 2018

Extremist Speech, Compelled Conformity, And Censorship Creep, Danielle Keats Citron

Notre Dame Law Review

Silicon Valley has long been viewed as a full-throated champion of First Amendment values. The dominant online platforms, however, have recently adopted speech policies and processes that depart from the U.S. model. In an agreement with the European Commission, the dominant tech companies have pledged to respond to reports of hate speech within twenty-four hours, a hasty process that may trade valuable expression for speedy results. Plans have been announced for an industry database that will allow the same companies to share hashed images of banned extremist content for review and removal elsewhere. These changes are less the result of …


Resolving The Hate Crimes/Hate Speech Paradox: Punching Bias Crimes And Protecting Racist Speech, Frederick M. Lawrence Apr 2014

Resolving The Hate Crimes/Hate Speech Paradox: Punching Bias Crimes And Protecting Racist Speech, Frederick M. Lawrence

Notre Dame Law Review

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Proposal For Regulating Hate Speech In The United States: Balancing Rights Under The International Covenant On Civil And Political Rights, Scott J. Catlin Mar 2014

Proposal For Regulating Hate Speech In The United States: Balancing Rights Under The International Covenant On Civil And Political Rights, Scott J. Catlin

Notre Dame Law Review

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Skokie Revisited: Hate Group Speech And The First Amendment, Donald A. Downs Jan 1985

Skokie Revisited: Hate Group Speech And The First Amendment, Donald A. Downs

Notre Dame Law Review

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