Judge rules against group seeking details of Koch Foundation's gifts to George Mason University

[TexasTowelie]

FAIRFAX — A judge has ruled against a group seeking details of the Koch Foundation's gifts to George Mason University.

The Koch Foundation has given tens of millions of dollars over the years to the Northern Virginia university, more than any school in the country. The relationship faced increased scrutiny after the university named its law school for conservative jurist Antonin Scalia in 2016, in conjunction with a Koch Foundation donation.

Student-led group Transparent GMU sought details of donor agreements with the George Mason University Foundation, the school's philanthropic arm.

On Thursday, Judge John M. Tran ruled that the GMU Foundation is not a public body and not subject to freedom of information laws.

Read more: https://www.richmond.com/news/virginia/judge-rules-against-group-seeking-details-of-koch-foundation-s/article_a6634440-be8e-5f04-9933-a50c957e240b.html

[empedocles]

1. Smells very bad

University dismissed, [somehow], from the lawsuit because they have no documents on the 'gifts.'

Also, naming a law school of someone even remotely like the very political and contemporary Scalia is seemingly unheard of.

[klook]

2. George Mason U. has been a safe harbor for libertarians

and right-wingers for a long time. See Democracy in Chains by Nancy MacLean.