Posted on 11/16/2024 12:02:55 AM PST by blueplum
A federal appeals court has ruled the Department of Education improperly rejected Grand Canyon University’s switch from for-profit to nonprofit status, granting a key point in the Christian school’s appeal of a record fine.
A unanimous three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued the decision Friday. It overturned a 2022 summary judgment by a lower court because the department failed to apply a relevant federal law to the Phoenix campus.
The Education Department denied the nonprofit status in 2019, arguing it would enrich the for-profit company that previously owned GCU, even though the IRS and state officials had already recognized the change....
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
> more winning <
I mentioned it on another thread. And because this is such good news, I’ll mention it here as well. By some estimates, Trump 2.0 will appoint around 100 new federal judges. So this winning is just a start.
Rapin’ Bill senior judge, District of Arizona:
U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton [initial decision ruling that the Education Department has the power to determine whether a college is a nonprofit or for-profit under Title IV]
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.azd.1259356/gov.uscourts.azd.1259356.96.0.pdf
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Arizona
Susan R. Bolton, District Judge, Presiding
Argued and Submitted January 24, 2024
Pasadena, California
Filed November 8, 2024
> Daniel P. Collins [Trump judge]
> Danielle J. Forrest [Trump judge]
> Jennifer Sung [Biden judge]
Before: Daniel P. Collins, Danielle J. Forrest, and Jennifer
Sung, Circuit Judges.
Opinion by Judge Collins [3 to 0 decision]
https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2024/11/08/23-15124.pdf
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