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Wiley’s Lee Goodman, Andrew Woodson, and Jeremy Broggi break down the U.S. Supreme Court’s April 26 oral arguments in two cases: Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta and Thomas More Law Center v. Bonta. The cases present First Amendment challenges to a California Attorney General (AG) rule requiring all non-profit organizations to turn over to the California AG their donor lists in the form of their IRS Schedule B’s as a condition of their charitable registration in the state. Wiley filed amicus briefs on behalf of the U.S. See more +
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here was a time you could tell someone you were from Idaho and the only response it would elicit would be something about potatoes or maybe the skiing in Sun Valley. I would know. I grew up in the southeastern corner of the state. My family has farmed and ranched there for six generations. Mention the Gem State these days, however, and what you re likely to get is an earful about our lackluster pandemic response or Ammon Bundy, our iconic failed-rancher-turned-insurrectionist who continues to trespass the Statehouse, embarrassing everyone but his true believers. Someone should find Bundy a job away from the TV cameras. Driving up and down the state fomenting revolution might be fun and glamorous for him, but it s wearing thin with the rest of us.
ALEC Knows Best
If it weren t for QAnon and the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), what would lawmakers do? How would they even think? Now stunningly they are concerned about the First Amendment and free speech. Utah Senate President Stuart Adams was lucky enough to be elected president of the American Legislative Exchange Council, a shadowy right-wing group that proposes model legislation around the country. Adams,
The Salt Lake Tribune notes, now proclaims that free speech is at risk online because all these social media companies are suppressing thought you know, the kind he likes. Of course, he says this is a bipartisan issue one that only Republicans see. It s the same kind that Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, who voted against the Asian hate crimes bill. He did it because it might infringe on someone s right to free speech. What these conservatives fail to recognize is that even constitutional rights come with limits whether it s for speech or for guns.
The reactions to my column last week, titled with the question “Is It Time for Conservatives to Support A National Popular Vote?”, was basically a resounding, “HELL NO! It is NOT time for conservatives to support a national popular vote, there will NEVER BE a time for conservatives to support a national popular vote, and you are an IDIOT for even bringing it up! Now, go back to the Democrat-infested hellhole you crawled out of!” Or something along those lines.
To be fair, it wasn’t unexpected, and I completely understand. When I first encountered a case for the issue coming from a conservative (incidentally, from Townhall Senior Editor Matt Vespa’s neutral analysis of the issue in 2017, well before I started writing for the site), I had a knee-jerk reaction as well, and I would have completely agreed with most of the comments made last week. I too had always firmly believed in the ‘firewall’ theory, that the current system, as the ‘Founders intended,’ kept places