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By Lawrence Hurley
WASHINGTON (Reuters) â The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday is set to hear arguments in a challenge by two conservative groups to a California requirement that tax-exempt charities disclose to the state the identity of their top financial donors.
The nonprofit groups â the Americans for Prosperity Foundation and the Thomas More Law Center â argued that Californiaâs policy violated the U.S. Constitutionâs First Amendment guarantees of freedom of speech and association. They argued that if the information were to be made public it could lead to harassment or threats to their donors.
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By Lawrence Hurley
WASHINGTON (Reuters) â The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday is set to hear arguments in a challenge by two conservative groups to a California requirement that tax-exempt charities disclose to the state the identity of their top financial donors.
The nonprofit groups â the Americans for Prosperity Foundation and the Thomas More Law Center â argued that Californiaâs policy violated the U.S. Constitutionâs First Amendment guarantees of freedom of speech and association. They argued that if the information were to be made public it could lead to harassment or threats to their donors.
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California adopted the ban following a 2017 Texas law that allows foster care and adoption agencies to deny services for religious beliefs.
Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas said they would have allowed the lawsuit to go forward at the high court.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sought to file the suit at the Supreme Court, which hears disputes between states. He has called the California law an effort “to punish Texans for respecting the right of conscience for foster care and adoption providers.”
U.S. Supreme Court weighs conservative groups bid to conceal donors Reuters 2 hrs ago
By Lawrence Hurley
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday is set to hear arguments in a challenge by two conservative groups to a California requirement that tax-exempt charities disclose to the state the identity of their top financial donors.
The nonprofit groups - the Americans for Prosperity Foundation and the Thomas More Law Center - argued that California s policy violated the U.S. Constitution s First Amendment guarantees of freedom of speech and association. They argued that if the information were to be made public it could lead to harassment or threats to their donors.
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