Supreme Court Won't Hear NOM's Latest Appeal on Donor Disclosure
The U.S. Supreme Court will not hear the appeal of a ruling mandating disclosure of the names of donors to the campaign to pass Proposition 8 in California.
The court Monday let stand a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit which determined that the National Organization for Marriage, ProtectMarriage.com, and other backers of Prop. 8 had to make donors’ names publicly available, the Associated Press reports.
The anti–marriage equality organizations had claimed donors might be subject to harassment, so they sought to conceal the names of past and future contributors. However, the Ninth Circuit had noted that these names had been available since 2008, when Prop. 8 went on the California ballot. “State law requires political committees to identify those who contribute more than $100 during or after a campaign, along with the donor’s address, occupation and employer,” the AP notes.
Prop. 8, which amended California’s constitution to temporarily revoke marriage equality, was passed by voters in 2008 but struck down five years later after a series of court rulings.
http://www.advocate.com/politics/marriage-equality/2015/03/02/supreme-court-wont-hear-noms-latest-appeal-donor-disclosure
