{"id":447768,"date":"2021-03-01T19:49:56","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T00:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/?p=447768"},"modified":"2021-03-01T19:49:56","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T00:49:56","slug":"ncla-urges-supreme-court-to-protect-landmark-civil-rights-precedent-against-cancel-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/ncla-urges-supreme-court-to-protect-landmark-civil-rights-precedent-against-cancel-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"NCLA Urges Supreme Court to Protect Landmark Civil Rights Precedent Against \u201cCancel Culture\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nAmericans for Prosperity Foundation v. Xavier Becerra; Thomas More Law Center v. Xavier Becerra
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Washington, D.C., March 01, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The landmark 1958 case\u00a0NAACP v. Alabama ex rel. Patterson<\/em>\u00a0was undoubtedly one of the most significant U.S. Supreme Court decisions of the civil rights era. More than 60 years later, it is once again front and center as the highest court in the land prepares to hear oral arguments in\u00a0Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Xavier Becerra\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Thomas More Law Center v. Xavier Becerra.\u00a0<\/em>The New Civil Liberties Alliance, a nonpartisan, nonprofit civil rights group, filed an\u00a0amicus<\/em>\u00a0brief<\/a>\u00a0today in support of Petitioners because the legacy of this\u00a0irreplaceable civil rights-era precedent is being threatened. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has imposed a new, binding obligation on charities to turn over a list of their major supporters\u2014without authority from the state legislature.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n NAACP v. Alabama<\/em>\u00a0should be celebrated\u2014not discarded. NCLA is concerned that\u00a0the Ninth Circuit\u2019s earlier\u00a0decision<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0AFP v. Becerra<\/em>\u00a0eviscerates the Supreme Court\u2019s landmark Freedom of Association precedent. Back then, John Patterson, the Attorney General of Alabama, had demanded membership lists from the local NAACP chapter. The Supreme Court ultimately ruled that the NAACP did not have to divulge its members to the attorney general because having to do so could deter people from joining the organization.<\/p>\n

Resuscitating the once-settled dispute, Becerra has violated the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution as applied to the states under the Fourteenth Amendment by requiring charities to turn over a list of their major supporters. His demand has undermined the rights of speech and associational freedom, and it has impinged on the philanthropic freedom of supporters who want to give anonymously. Furthermore, Becerra\u2019s actions have blatantly shifted lawmaking from elected legislators to California\u2019s executive branch. NCLA is asking the Supreme Court to reverse the Ninth Circuit\u2019s decision and preserve constitutional protections for political minorities against today\u2019s cancel culture.<\/p>\n

\n NCLA released the following statements:<\/strong>\n <\/p>\n

\u201cThe Attorney General\u2019s demand that charities turn over the names of their top donors is nothing more than state-sponsored cancel culture. The Constitution guarantees not only the right to associate but also privacy in one\u2019s associations. In an increasingly polarized environment, people across the political spectrum face harassment, loss of employment, and even violence because of their viewpoints and the people with whom they associate.\u00a0NAACP v. Alabama<\/em>\u00a0recognized the chilling effect\u2014and danger\u2014of requiring unpopular groups to disclose their supporters. The Court must reaffirm this cornerstone decision of the civil rights era.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n \u2014 Michael DeGrandis, Senior Litigation Counsel, NCLA<\/strong>\n <\/p>\n

\u201cA cadre of state government officials set out to cancel Martin Luther King Jr.\u2019s civil rights movement in the 1950s. The Supreme Court stopped one important aspect of those efforts in 1958. Fast forward to current times, and the California attorney general wants to aid and abet the reigning cancel culture. The Supreme Court should instead reaffirm America\u2019s commitment to the First Amendment.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n \u2014 Adi Dynar, Litigation Counsel, NCLA<\/strong>\n <\/p>\n

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\n For more information about this case visit<\/strong>\u00a0here<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n ABOUT NCLA<\/strong>\n <\/p>\n

\n NCLA<\/a>\u00a0is a nonpartisan, nonprofit civil rights group founded by prominent legal scholar\u00a0Philip Hamburger\u00a0<\/a>to protect constitutional freedoms from violations by the Administrative State. NCLA\u2019s public-interest litigation and other pro bono advocacy strive to tame the unlawful power of state and federal agencies and to foster a new civil liberties movement that will help restore Americans\u2019 fundamental rights.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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