Dec 02 2024 54 mins
On today’s show, journalist Isaiah Thompson and Associate Professor of Law Maryam Jamshidi join host Douglas Haynes to discuss HR 9495. The bill, passed by the US House of Representatives, would allow the Treasury Secretary to strip nonprofits of their status if deemed to support terrorism. It has faced significant opposition, particularly from Democrats, and will likely fail to pass this session. However, our guests say it will be back next term and be met with a different Senate majority.
Experts Jamshidi and Thompson explain the implications of the bill for civil society and due process. They discuss the potential chilling effect on advocacy, especially pro-Palestine activism, and the broader securitization of universities, and emphasize the importance of grassroots mobilization to counteract these threats.
Isaiah Thompson is the Leadership Editor at Nonprofit Quarterly. NPQ is a magazine publication providing research-based articles and resources to educate the nonprofit sector. Thompson’s work has also appeared in ProPublica, This American Life, WNYC News, WHYY News, Al Jazeera America, Esquire, Salon, and other publications.
Maryam Jamshidi is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Colorado Law School. She teaches and writes in the areas of national security law, public international law, the law of foreign relations, and tort law. In particular, her scholarship focuses on the relationship between the private sphere and national security, as well as the law of foreign relations.
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