Disclosure: A Threat to Associational Privacy

January 1, 2018  •  By IFS staff  •    •  

Disclosure, in the campaign finance context, refers to laws and regulations requiring candidates and political groups to report information about their activities to the government, which then makes that information available publicly. The required information varies greatly, depending on the affected organization and the local, state, or federal government mandating the disclosure. Disclosure rules fall into two broad categories: disclosure…

Moms for Liberty and Institute for Free Speech Ask Sixth Circuit to Protect First Amendment Rights at School Board Meetings

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March 4, 2024   •  By IFS Staff   •  , , ,

The Institute has just filed an appeal brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit to challenge unconstitutional policies that chill ...

Court: IRS Donor Disclosure Law Must Overcome Exacting Scrutiny

November 28, 2023   •  By IFS Staff   •  ,

A recent, positive development in Buckeye Institute v. Internal Revenue Service provides another important indicator that defenders of civil liberties have a potent new ...

Tenth Circuit Affirms Victory for Wyoming Gun Owners against Unconstitutionally Vague Donor Disclosure Law

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October 11, 2023   •  By IFS Staff   •  , ,

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit held that Wyoming’s electioneering-communications disclosure regime is unconstitutional. The ruling is a victory for free ...

Statement of Bradley A. Smith and David Keating before the 2023 Kansas Special Committee on Governmental Ethics Reform, Campaign Finance Law

October 5, 2023   •  By Brad Smith and David Keating   •  , , , ,

Statement of Bradley A. Smith, Chairman, Institute for Free Speech; Josiah H. Blackmore II/Shirley M. Nault Professor of Law, Capital University Law School and ...

Letter to Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo in Support of Assembly Bill 258

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June 14, 2023   •  By IFS Staff   •  , , ,

PDF of letter available here Dear Governor Lombardo: The Institute for Free Speech is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that works to promote and defend ...

Fact Check: Business Interests Did Not Spend $3.5 Billion on Political Contributions in 2022

February 28, 2023   •  By Alec Greven   •  , ,

In January 2023, OpenSecrets, an organization dedicated to tracking money in politics, published the startling claim that in the 2022 election cycle “business interests” ...

Why disclosing ‘dark money’ donations actually hurts your freedom of speech

January 24, 2023   •  By Alec Greven   •  , , ,

Proposition 211 harms your right to join others to form groups to press for government reform. With the law’s forced disclosure of names and addresses, fewer ...

The Buckeye Institute v. Internal Revenue Service

December 5, 2022   •  By Scott Blackburn   •  , ,

The Buckeye Institute filed a lawsuit challenging a decades-old tax law that forces the IRS to demand that nonprofit charities hand over the private ...

New York’s complex laws restrict speech and advocacy

November 9, 2022   •  By Tiffany Donnelly   •  , , , ,

A new report says New York restricts more speech about government than any other state in the nation. The Institute for Free Speech, a ...

Washington state wages an unconstitutional war on political free speech

November 9, 2022   •  By Eric Wang   •  , ,

Washington’s prosecution of Meta and the resulting judgment is a miscarriage of justice. The unreasonable fine is the largest by far ever imposed for a campaign ...

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