SCOTUS Confirms First Amendment Protects Pregnancy Center Donors From Nosey Abortion States
As the 1950s, the Court has repeatedly ruled that official requests-such as demands from the Attorney General-place burdens on the exercise of First Amendment rights, a point Justice Gorsuch emphasized in his remarks.This refers to the Supreme Court’s longstanding line of cases holding that **official requests or demands backed by government authority can themselves burden First Amendment activity**-even without criminal prosecution-so the government must have an adequate justification.
A key example is ***NAACP v. Alabama* (1958)**, where the Court held that the state’s demand that the NAACP disclose member lists imposed a ample burden on association and protected speech. More broadly, the Court has treated compelled disclosures/requirements (including those issued through official channels) as implicating First Amendment rights.
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‘Since the 1950s, this Court has confronted one official demand after another like the Attorney General’s. Over and again, we have held those demands burden the exercise of First Amendment rights,’ wrote Justice Gorsuch.
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