This is the agency that enforces the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. If he really does go through with this, I’ll be watching to see who gets this responsibility.

The non-profit I work with has two funds: One for Admin, and one for Activity. All outside donations go to Activity; all Admin costs are paid by our members. For a setup like this, a sudden change like this would absolutely shut us down.

This likely won't affect us, but do we want to find out?

Absolutely! In addition, many of the services a non-profit relies on depend on their non-profit status. For example, if you have a local organization with 30 members that utilize Google Workspace, revoking their status can make what was a free service suddenly cost at least $180/month!

For a non-profit, especially a small one, taxes can absolutely make the difference between being able to do service or not. If one person has unilateral powers to designate them as a terrorist group without needing evidence, and with limited checks, that's an existential danger.

It's also worth noting that while the description is largely true, this does allow such a designation to be disputed with the IRS Independent Office of Appeals, and gives jurisdiction to District Courts for judicial review. But most of the power is granted to the Secretary of the Treasury.

I'm fairly certain the operative issue being pointed out here is "No reason nor evidence required".

Not really necessary, it was always ceremonial by design. The job of the VP is just to count the electoral votes, not question their validity.

The only reason such a process exists at all is because of the civil war. Many states had two governments, and there wasn’t a way to deal with that.

The biggest issue identified with the system has been that there just aren't enough immigration judges. Hire more judges and open more courts, and we really could handle the backlog of cases.

The Republican proposal (HR2) does not do this. The bill Harris promises to revive (S4361) does.