It can be argued that both the DNC and the RNC fail to meet the minimum requirements for private charitable nonprofit corporations, (and in fact fail to meet any criteria for valid private corporations in general,) systematically violating, as they do, the constitutional rights of their own members, and therefore falling afoul of both the "any lawful purpose", and "charitable, religious or educational" requirements for nonprofits.
The revocation proceeding would presumably be a quasi judicial DC administrative proceeding.
Here is a reference for DC, where the DNC is incorporated and can be liquidated:
Corporations
Nonprofit Corporations
A nonprofit corporation may be formed pursuant to the "D.C. Nonprofit Corporation Act." See D.C. Code Ann. § 29-301.01 et seq. Purposes for organization under these provisions may include any lawful purpose or for charitable, religious or educational purposes. Organization of a corporation must follow corporate formalities for names, articles of incorporation, etc., or the institution could incur liability for non-compliance.
The way the new non-profit law is structured (D.C. Code § 29-107.01 (c)) it can be read to allow any nonprofit corporation chartered by a special act of Congress that previously elected to come under the D.C. non-profit law to elect to become a domestic nonprofit corporation under Title 29 or to register as a corporation registered by special act of Congress. Catholic University chose to retain status as a Congressionally chartered corporation.
A biennial report must be filed with DC every other April 1, with the first new report due April 1, 2014 and every two years thereafter. This requirement applies to both Congressionally chartered and regular DC non-profit corporations.
Please see the DC Higher Education Licensure Commission (HELC) Page for the annual data survey report that is due, which is a separate and distinct filing requirement.
The HELC now serves as the portal agency for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements.
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