Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
Editorials & Other Articles
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
It is illegal for trump to threaten Harvard's tax exempt status
Link to tweet
President Trump's repeated targeting of @Harvard's tax-exempt status is blatantly illegal under federal law.
The IRS cannot be weaponized to target political and ideological opponents — not under Nixon, not under Obama, and not under Trump.
The IRS cannot be weaponized to target political and ideological opponents — not under Nixon, not under Obama, and not under Trump.
Here is a link to the US Code section cited
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/7217
Edit history
Please sign in to view edit histories.
Recommendations
1 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):
13 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
= new reply since forum marked as read