Seven decades after the U.S. Supreme Court said the <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/3676353Z%20US%20Equity","_id":"00000179-0d56-d83a-a77f-6d7fe6880000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">NAACP-bsp-bb-link> didn’t have to give Alabama its membership list, prominent liberal groups are in the unlikely position of supporting two conservative charities in a challenge to California’s requirement that they disclose their top donors.
In a Supreme Court argument set for Monday, the <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/8470329Z%20US%20Equity","_id":"00000179-0d56-d83a-a77f-6d7fe6890000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Americans for Prosperity Foundation-bsp-bb-link> and the <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/0397637Z%20US%20Equity","_id":"00000179-0d56-d83a-a77f-6d7fe6890001","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Thomas More Law Center-bsp-bb-link> will contend that California can’t be trusted to keep the information private -- and that it’s opening up the groups’ supporters to threats and harassment, much like Alabama once did to the NAACP.
The First Amendment showdown is ...
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