[EL] Call for Papers: The Use of Nonprofit Organizations in Political Campaigns

[Franita Tolson]

Dear Colleagues,

Sorry to bombard you with emails, but please see the attached call for
papers from the AALS Section on Nonprofit and Philanthrophy Law for the
2018 meeting.  The Election Law Section is excited to co-sponsor this
program that, similar to the CFP from the Disability Law section, has an
election law theme that hopefully will appeal to some members of this
listserv.  We encourage you to consider submitting an abstract. The
description of the program is as follows:

*Call for Papers by the Sections on Nonprofit and Philanthropy Law and
Election Law at the 2018 Annual Meeting*.



The Section on Nonprofit and Philanthropy Law, in co-sponsorship with the
Section on Election Law is pleased to announce a Call for Papers relating
to the topic: The Use of Nonprofit Organizations in Political Campaigns.



By the end of 2016, the nonprofit sector was on the verge of becoming
politicized. In that year alone, Donald Trump vowed to destroy the “Johnson
Amendment,” a rule of tax law that prohibits charities and all other
501(c)(3) organizations (including churches) from political campaign
intervention; the IRS determined that Karl Rove’s nonprofit organization
“Crossroads GPS” was a valid “social welfare” organization under section
501(c)(4) of the tax code; IRS Commissioner John Koskinen faced impeachment
threats in the House of Representatives in the continuing aftermath of the
IRS tea party targeting controversy of 2013; and federal courts in New York
and California weighed in on the constitutionality of requiring the
disclosure of nonprofit donors. All of these events relate to a growing
pressure on the nonprofit form to be used for political purposes.



The papers should examine some aspect (or aspects) of the legal and policy
issues that arise, including the range of permitted and proscribed
political speech, the problem of speech from the pulpit, the use of
nonprofit networks, the constitutionality of disclosure rules, and the
appropriate tax treatment of political speech.



Please describe your paper proposal in 500 words or less and submit the
proposal no later than June 15, 2017. Papers relating to nonprofit and
philanthropy law should be sent to Professor Roger Colinvaux of Columbus
School of Law at Catholic University at colinvaux at law.edu. Papers relating
to election law should be sent to Professor Franita Tolson of USC Gould
School of Law at ftolson at law.usc.edu.



Each section will select one presenter for the program to be held during
the AALS 2018 Annual Meeting in San Diego.



The authors of the selected papers will be notified by July 1. The paper
presenters will be responsible for paying their registration fee and hotel
and travel expenses.



Please direct any inquiries about the Call to Professor Colinvaux or
Professor Tolson.


-- 
Franita Tolson
Professor of Law
University of Southern California Gould School of Law
Email: ftolson at law.usc.edu <ftolson at law.fsu.edu>
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