All 9 Justices Agree: State Pols Can’t Freely Harass Opponents, Demand Donor Info
The unanimous ruling revives First Choice Women’s Resource Centers’ challenge to a subpoena for donor records and other confidential information.
- On Wednesday, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously in First Choice Women's Resource Centers v. Davenport, allowing the organization to challenge a New Jersey state investigation in federal court.
- The dispute centers on a 2023 subpoena issued by then-New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin, which demanded sensitive donor and doctor information, prompting First Choice to sue over First Amendment concerns.
- Justices unanimously reversed a lower court decision, holding that demands for private donor information inevitably deter the exercise of First Amendment rights, establishing First Choice's standing to litigate in federal court.
- This ruling ensures that government officials who demand donor information can be held accountable in federal court, preventing states from forcing nonprofits to litigate constitutional claims on state turf.
- With the case remanded to a lower court, the current New Jersey Attorney General may now reconsider whether targeting pregnancy centers remains a productive use of state resources.
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State attorney general pushing for state court to preempt Supreme Court's 9-0 ruling * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh
The attorney general in New Jersey, continuing the state’s long-running war against pro-life centers, is now insisting that a state court rule quickly in a fight over a subpoena, and to beat the federal courts to the punch in the fight. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled this week that First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, a Christian, pro-life, medical nonprofit that serves pregnant mothers, mothers of newborns and fathers, has grounds to challenge …
US Supreme Court rules in favor of anti-abortion organization in New Jersey
The US Supreme Court sided with a Christian faith-based crisis pregnancy center in New Jersey on Wednesday. The pregnancy center, First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, was attempting to curb a state investigation into its activities. All Supreme Court justices unanimously reversed a lower court’s decision, ruling in favor of First Choice in a federal lawsuit. First Choice had previously filed suit challenging the constitutionality of a 2023 sub…
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