California Donor List Demand Deemed Unconstitutional By Divided Supreme Court

Mealey's (July 1, 2021, 1:23 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Reversing a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court on July 1 delivered a divided ruling, including a dissent and two concurring opinions, in which it struck down as unconstitutional a California requirement that nonprofits submit lists of donors to the state, with the majority finding that such compelled disclosure violated the right to freedom of association under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution because the requirement was not “narrowly tailored.”...