Another Threat to Advocacy Groups

A new Trump Administration rule restricts what organizations qualify as engaging in public service. Unless an employee qualifies, its employees won’t benefit from student loan forgiveness programs.  That would cut into their workforce. On the face, the standard seems reasonable: organizations must "not engage in activities such that they have a substantial illegal purpose.”  But when you dig beneath the surface, the whole rule turns out to be legally dubious and ideological to its core.