First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, Inc. v. Davenport · ¶31
Our most recent encounter with a demand for donor information came five years ago in AFP. There, California Attorney General Rob Bonta sent “deficiency letters” to the Americans for Prosperity Foundation and the Thomas More Law Center—the first, a charity “ `devoted to education and training about . . . constitutionally limited government' ”; the second, “a public interest law frm whose `mission is to protect religious freedom, . . . family values, and the sanctity of human life.' ” 594 U. S., at 602–603. In his letters, Mr. Bonta sought the names and addresses of anyone who donated more than $5,000 in a single year to either group. Id., at 602. When the organizations protested that they kept donor information private “[o]ut of concern for their donors' anonymity,” the Attorney General responded by threatening fines and the suspension of each organization's status as a tax-exempt…Read in context ›
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