{"id":28392,"date":"2019-09-09T09:23:26","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T13:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/?p=28392"},"modified":"2019-11-07T17:38:49","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T22:38:49","slug":"politico-september-9-2019-professor-ciara-torres-spelliscy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/index.php\/2019\/09\/09\/politico-september-9-2019-professor-ciara-torres-spelliscy\/","title":{"rendered":"Law Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy quoted in Politico examination of Jerry Falwell"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8216;Someone&#8217;s gotta tell the freakin&#8217; truth: Jerry Falwell&#8217;s aides break their silence<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>More than two dozen current and former Liberty University officials describe a culture of fear and self-dealing at the largest Christian college in the world.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;line-height:18px\">By Brandon Ambrosino<br><em>Politico<\/em><br>Sept. 9, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Excerpt<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/torres-spelliscy-square.png\" alt=\"Ciara Torres-Spelliscy\" class=\"wp-image-28730\" width=\"177\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/torres-spelliscy-square.png 300w, https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/torres-spelliscy-square-200x200.png 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 177px) 100vw, 177px\" \/><figcaption>Professor Ciara Torres-Spelliscy<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA 501(c)(3) organization trying to influence a poll so that a candidate\u2019s fortunes are promoted or demoted is not permitted,\u201d said Eve Borenstein, an attorney and tax expert known as the \u201cQueen of the 990,\u201d a moniker used to introduce her ahead of congressional testimony she gave about the IRS Form 990 in 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While 501(c)(3) organizations are permitted to \u201cdo objective analysis of [an] electoral horse race,\u201d said <strong>Ciara Torres-Spelliscy<\/strong>, a professor at Stetson University College of Law, \u201ctweeting out a rigged poll if Liberty knew it was rigged probably does not fall into that safe harbor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>And later in the article, Professor Torres-Spelliscy was quoted: <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, Falwell\u2019s actions here are \u201clikely fine,\u201d said Torres-Spelliscy, the law professor at Stetson University. \u201cMany schools try to cancel classes or hold no classes on Election Day to encourage students to vote or be poll workers or engage in election protection activities. 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