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Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. The Supreme Court on Monday heard oral arguments in a case over the constitutionality of a California law requiring charities and nonprofit organizations to disclose their top donors to the state attorney general's office. Challengers of the law, the Americans for Prosperity Foundation and the Thomas More Law Center, claim that it infringes on the First Amendment right to free association because it discourages people from donating. "This demand casts a profound nationwide chill and it does so for no good reason,...

1958 Alabama NAACP Supreme Court ruling may protect Koch-backed group Updated Apr 26, 2021; Posted Apr 26, 2021 A tree blooms around a barbed wire fence behind US Supreme Court Building on March 17, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Mihoko Owada/Sipa USA/TNS)TNS Facebook Share By David G. Savage Los Angeles Times (TNS) and Tribune Media Services The Supreme Court in 1958 shielded the NAACP from being forced to disclose its membership list to Alabama state authorities, ruling the Constitution protects privacy of civil rights advocates and the “freedom of association, partic...

Privacy vs. transparency: Supreme Court conservatives question California donor disclosure requirement John Fritze, USA TODAY Replay Video UP NEXT WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court justices on Monday leaned into a California requirement that charities disclose their donors in a high-profile case that pits advocates for transparency against those who say Americans should be able to give anonymously. The appeal was brought by two conservative groups who said their donors fear retaliation. Advocates for stricter campaign finance laws worry a ruling for the charities could under...

Share this article Share this article WASHINGTON, April 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Americans for Prosperity Foundation, backed by nearly 300 groups across the political spectrum, urged the U.S. Supreme Court today to uphold people's First Amendment privacy rights. The question before the Justices in  Americans For Prosperity Foundation vs. Rodriquez is whether a state's blanket demand for a list of an organization's supporters supersedes those people's rights to freely join with each other, protect their privacy, and amplify their voices through groups that represent their beliefs.  "Ameri...

LAKE TWP.  Local firefighters now have rescue equipment designed to save four-footed fire victims, thanks to a township couple. Self-described animal lovers, Barb and Bruce Thomas donated the money for the Uniontown Fire Department to purchase pet oxygen emergency masks. "I know so many times when you read in the paper where people survive and their dogs and cats died, it's still so sad," Barb Thomas said. "I hope these do save pets' lives because they are certainly worth it." According to the American Veterinary Medical Association, about 40,000 pets die each year in residential fires, mo...