Kamala Harris and Xavier Becerra, Joe Bidenâs nominee for secretary of Health and Human Services and the current California attorney general, find themselves in a very uncomfortable predicament. This one pits the Biden administration against both Harris and Becerra for having violated Californiansâ First Amendment rights.
At issue is their demand that all nonprofits in the Golden State disclose their list of donors to the state AG. The case
Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Becerra will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. The brief was originally filed by the solicitor general on behalf of the Trump administration, but the Biden/Harris administration has joined it. The latter contends, âThe district court found that petitioners had presented âample evidenceâ that their known contributors had in the past suffered harassment, reprisals, and similar harms, and that contributors listed on the Schedule B would therefore face a reasonable probability of such harms in the future were their identities made public.â