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Line from the opinion, quote, the attorney generals disclose requirement imposes a burden on donors associational right and this burden cannot be justified on the ground that the regime investigates charitable wrongdoing or the states interest in administrative convenience is sufficiently important, justice roberts summering summarizing the crux. it is not hyperbole to say this is one of the most important free-speech cases in recent memory. why is it so important? >> charities and the people wh...

On it. in a decision made, the supreme court yesterday struck down a california law that required charities listing contributions in the state to name their biggest donors annual reports. chief justice john roberts wrote for the court in its 6-3 ruling saying the disclosure law burdened donors first amendment rights and was not narrowly tailored to an important government interest. the case brought by americans for prosperity organization and other foundation groups was backed by charles cook ...

In england and wales, but it still hasnt been published. scotland and northern ireland have already taken steps to scrap the rule. 0ur political correspondent, helen catt, explains. to have to ask your consultant, "do you think i may only have six months to live?", when really they cant answer that — its a very, very difficult question and very difficult to live with. helen nicell from watford is living with terminal cancer. when she changed from an old benefit to the newer personal independen...

It imposes all sorts of new exceptions that congress never imagined including as justice kagan says you have to look at the side of the burden. it departs from standard practice and other opportunities, and they say these are just made up. the kourtt is importing restrictions. so it is really port during a term where there is a lot of an anmimity that there is a lot of differences. the courts attempt to thwart the clear language of congress is one of the most significant opinions. >> i want to m...

Years after becoming princess, princess diana is still very much an icon and very much beloved for all of her work on charities and good deeds. that is being focused on here and thats exactly what the brothers want to focus on. as you know, as we all know the media is focusing on something else, a rift between the two brothers which analysts say princess diana would not have approved of at all. it was hoping for at the very least it might be the two brothers together. they might even have a priv...

Have? >> this is another case with the political undertones. it was this california law, and it required charities to say who their donors were. and two conservative charities challenged it and said their donors might be chills from coming forward. fear of harassment. and here you had john roberts agreeing and he said look, theres no good reason for this law. its really burdening these people who are afraid to come forward, and whats interesting about this one is supporters of campaign finance r...

Had to do with the idea of can anonymous donors stay anonymous to -- in california and it was to nonprofit charities? what was the definition of a nonprofit charity in that front because i think thats another aspect of this, is this about political dark money or not? >> well, ostensibly it wasnt. the statute isnt aimed at that. what it said is that the charities have to disclose, make financial disclosures every year to california and have to include something they give to the irs anyway a list ...

From their parents under trumps so-called zero tolerance policy. officials later found homore th 1,000 had been separated back in 2018. the u.s. supreme court will issue its last two opinions of the permanent today, chief among them what could be the most significant voting rights skas i case in a deck add. jessica schneider has more. >> reporter: a big last day for the supreme court, were expecting the release of its two final opinions, one on whether charities have to disclose donor informat...

That concerns a lot of people concerned about dark money coming into the system. so this was a regulation that was in place in california that made charities disclose their donor information to the attorney generals office only on a confidential basis. but two conservative groups here, americas more prosperity and affiliated with the koch brothers and the thomas moore center challenged this and said that this chilled information on a confidential basis, this was a slight chance per leaks or hack...

You can see on screen we have that graphic. the justices who decided in favor, he three of the more liberal justices dissenting in this instance. oral arguments had seemed to indicate it was going to be tough to get five justices to rule in favor of the dnc. this is the last day of the supreme court term. they had another case, another one that is likely to be told out. im being told in my ear as we speak that we have that case. thats on the question of whether charities should have to disclose ...