Supreme Court protects donor privacy by striking down California law as unconstitutional
WASHINGTON (July 1, 2021) Today, in a 6 to 3 decision, the Supreme Court struck down [1] a California law that required all nonprofit groups in the state to reveal to the government the identities and addresses of their major donors who contributed more than $5,000 in a tax year (or more than 2 percent of the organization’s total contributions).
“Today’s ruling is a win for privacy and free speech. Mandatory donor disclosure would have seriously hindered the abilities of the civil rights movement of the 1960s and the more recent LGBTQ+ rights movement to achieve their historic victories. The right to speak freely includes the right to speak anonymously. And giving to a charity is, undoubtedly, a form of speech,” said Eli Lehrer, president of the R Street Institute.
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