Odds and Ends

Johnson Amendment

The Johnson Amendment is named after Lyndon Baines Johnson, who supported it as a senator. Charities and religious institutions can get a tax break. 

Nonetheless, they cannot endorse a specific political candidate. Some people oppose this as a threat to religious liberty. A lawsuit pushes that mantra.

It is really a fair trade, including allowing political speech and engagements in many ways. More here. 

Supreme Court News 

A SCOTUS history entry led me to find out that Dorothy Beasley, who argued the Georgia side in Doe v. Bolton, died in May. 

She argued multiple SCOTUS cases and later became the first woman to become a Georgia appellate judge. When notice of the loss in Doe arrived, she allegedly refused to pay the fee to accept the message.

Jets News 

After another disappointing loss, where Aaron Rodgers again failed to do what he is there to do, the head coach was fired. Robert Saleh was good on the defensive side. Not so good on offense, if repeatedly with subpar material. Ownership was not pleased.

I am not shocked or anything. I did think without more there is a shade of scapegoating there.

Maybe, there was some internal understanding of just that. For instance, Nathan Hackett, the offensive coordinator whose product was somewhat offensive (but Rodgers likes him) was demoted.  

The overall substandard play in the division, helped by injury to the QB in Miami, has kept the Jets in the hunt. So, the season is far from done.