S. Ct. Strikes Down California Requirement that Charitable Organizations Disclose Major Donors to State AG

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : The disclosure requirement "creates an unnecessary risk of chilling" in violation of the First Amendment, indiscriminately sweeping up the information of every major donor with reason to remain anonymous.
59% : Because NAACP members faced a risk of reprisals if their affiliation with the organization became known -- and because Alabama had demonstrated no offsetting interest "sufficient to justify the deterrent effect" of disclosure -- we concluded that the State's demand violated the First Amendment.
52% : But "the prime objective of the First Amendment is not efficiency.
46% : Any such requirements of disclosure tend to chill the right of expressive association (which is protected by the First Amendment):
42% : This Court has "long understood as implicit in the right to engage in activities protected by the First Amendment a corresponding right to associate with others."

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