Under a proposed rule change being considered by the Supreme Court, any group that files an amicus curiae brief in support of a party in a pending case would be required to state whether "a party is a member of the amicus curiae or made a monetary contribution to the preparation or submission of the brief." The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which has a deep tradition of keeping the identity of its members private, is preparing comments objecting to the change, and may be joined by other advocacy groups.
May 24, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Forty-nine years ago, the Supreme Court ruled that the government may not force advocacy groups to reveal their membership rolls, because of “the vital relationship between freedom to associate and privacy in one’s associations.”
Now, advocacy groups are grumbling that the high court is about to require them to do exactly what was prohibited in that 1958 ruling, NAACP v. Alabama.
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