Thomas More Law Center, Petitioner v. Xavier Becerra, Attorney General of California

  1. July 01, 2021

    Calif. Donor Info Rule Unconstitutional, Justices Say

    California's rule requiring charitable organizations to disclose donor tax information is unconstitutional, the U.S. Supreme Court said Thursday, handing a victory to two conservative advocacy groups that asserted the rule violated First Amendment rights.

  2. April 26, 2021

    California Donor Rule Invalid In All Cases, Justices Told

    California's rule requiring charitable organizations to disclose donor tax information is facially unconstitutional in all potential applications because it is not narrowly tailored, the rule's challengers told the U.S. Supreme Court in oral arguments Monday.

  3. April 23, 2021

    Up Next At High Court: Donor Secrecy And Angry Snapchats

    What do anonymous billionaire donors have in common with a high school cheerleader cut from her team over a Snapchat post? They're all defending their supposed First Amendment rights in various cases before the U.S. Supreme Court this week as the justices close out their April argument session before hunkering down for opinion season.

  4. April 20, 2021

    Dems Urge Barrett To Recuse From Donor Privacy Law Case

    A group of key congressional Democrats has urged U.S. Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett to recuse herself from ruling on a California law requiring nonprofits to disclose their largest donors to tax authorities, arguing she must step back because a plaintiff's corporate sibling spent more than $1 million to support her confirmation.

  5. April 19, 2021

    Strict Scrutiny Needed For Calif. Donor Law, Justices Told

    California's law requiring charitable organizations to disclose donor tax information should fall under strict scrutiny, a challenger of the law told the U.S. Supreme Court ahead of scheduled oral arguments.

  6. April 16, 2021

    Calif. Donor Law Requires Narrow Tailoring, Justices Told

    California's law requiring charitable organizations to disclose donor tax information should be narrowly tailored because such tailoring is required whenever a law is subject to heightened scrutiny, the law's challengers told the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday.

  7. April 05, 2021

    US Gets High Court Argument Time In Calif. Donor Info Row

    The U.S. will be allowed to argue before the U.S. Supreme Court in a dispute over whether a California law requiring charitable organizations to disclose donor tax information is constitutional, the justices said Monday.

  8. April 01, 2021

    NY, Other States Back Calif.'s Donor Info Law Before Justices

    A group of states led by New York threw their support behind California's law requiring charities to disclose donor tax information, urging the U.S. Supreme Court to protect the states' ability to collect information from nonprofits for regulatory purposes.

  9. March 31, 2021

    US Sens. Back Calif.'s Donor Info Rule Before Supreme Court

    California's rule requiring charities to disclose donor tax information is substantially related to an important state interest in regulating nonprofits and is constitutional, a group of U.S. senators told the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday.

  10. March 25, 2021

    Calif. Donor Law Challengers Didn't Prove Harm, Justices Told

    Challengers to a California law requiring charitable organizations to disclose donor tax information did not prove they deserve an exemption from the law based on potential harm to their members, California's acting attorney general told the U.S. Supreme Court.