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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hope Harvard (again) tells them go sit and spin. Enough of this crap.[/quote]

i hope Harvard collapses and becomes a cautionary tale for academic institutions that think they are not constrained by the Constitution when they take government money and enjoy tax exempt status.[/quote]

LOL. Harvard was here before this country even existed. It will be just fine.[/quote]

If it loses tax exempt status it is gone in a generation.[/quote]

It won’t, though. But do keep dreaming. Maybe churches will be next.[/quote]

It can.  [b]It takes one signature from one official at the IRS[/b].  It would be unusual but if you think we are in a business as usual environment, then you haven't been paying attention.[/quote]
Someone knows zero about exempt orgs.  It takes an investigation and audit.  Then findings by the IRS.  Then a provisional revocation.  Then years of litigation.

One signature  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol: [/quote]

See rev rul 77-447

A school with a racially discriminatory admissions policy does not qualify as a tax exempt organization.  The organization can appeal the determination.  But by it's own admission, it engaged in impermissible racial discrimination.  So they were not a charitable organization.  When they pushed the envelope on affirmative action, they were betting their tax exempt status.  They lost that bet.

They are free to reapply for tax exempt status but their admissions standards would have to be scrutinized, perhaps over a period during which something like "per-clearance" can be used to make sure they are not engaging in racial discrimination in admissions, hiring and competitive selections of any sort.

And Harvard would come out the other end of the process as a more fair, more meritocratic and not reputable institution.[/quote]

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