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The National Horsemen s Benevolent and Protective Association, together with state affiliates in Arizona, Arkansas, Indiana, Illinois, Louisiana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Washington and West Virginia (Mountaineer) have filed a federal civil suit in an attempt to put the brakes on the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA). The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, names the Federal Trade Commission and several of its employees, as well as the people tasked with forming the Nominating Committee for the new federal authority.
The suit seeks to have HISA and a number of its elements declared unconstitutional, to enjoin defendants from taking any action to implement HISA, as well as nominal damages of $1 and compensatory damages of any fees charged to horsemen by the new authority.
March 8, 2021 - 2:06pm
During a pandemic that has claimed the lives of more than 460,000 Americans and decimated the economy, more than $1 trillion meant for charitable purposes are sitting unused in private foundations and donor-advised funds.
The Initiative to Accelerate Charitable Giving, a new project from Boston College professor Ray Madoff, philanthropist John Arnold s Arnold Ventures, and other individuals and philanthropic organizations, wants to change that and has proposed measures that Congress can take to enhance payout requirements and incentivize more individual giving. Our proposals are designed to facilitate and encourage money getting to people s causes that they care about, Madoff told the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD). What we are opposed to is people being able to claim charitable tax benefits and not give their money to charity.
THESE are words that got a TN principal suspended
Memphis-area high school principal Barton Thorne was suspended by Shelby County School administrators in January after speaking with his students about the dangers of cancel culture. I want you to understand the problem that s going to face you and your generation if there is no longer a marketplace, a free exchange of ideas, he told them, urging the students to engage in respectful conversations with those who hold differing opinions. Glenn reads the rest of Thorne s words, and then he discusses with Thorne s attorney, Daniel Suhr from the Liberty Justice Center, about how the district administrators can use their IMMENSE mistake as a teaching moment for the students under their charge.
Supreme Court shows a little impartiality
By Bill Knight
The U.S. Supreme Court last week cleared the way for a New York prosecutor to get former Donald Trump s tax returns, essentially ending the ex-President’s years-long fight to keep his financial records secret. Issued without comment (much less a dissent) the ruling received considerable attention.
However, exactly four weeks before, there was much less notice when the Justices foreshadowed such impartiality, if not independence, by rejecting a case that sought to require the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFCSME) and other public-sector unions to reimburse workers they represent if those workers chose to not become members, instead paying mandatory “fair share” fees.