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Treasury Recognizes Importance of Donor Privacy in New Regulation
On July 16, the Department of the Treasury announced that 501(c) tax-exempt organizations, except 501(c)(3)s, no longer have to disclose their donor information on their yearly IRS tax forms.
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Free Speech a Major Theme at ALEC’s States and Nation Policy Conference
Free speech was a major theme throughout this year’s ALEC States and Nation Policy Summit, so the Center to Protect Free Speech was very busy. The Center was hard at…
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VIDEO: Under Attack: Donors Right to Privacy
People United for Privacy released a new video about a donor’s right to privacy. A financial contribution to an organization or cause you believe in is protected speech. Attacks…
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Proactivity and Partnerships: The Keys to Defending Free Speech
“It’s very important to educate everybody because the free speech problem in this country isn’t just liberal students, it’s not just students generally, it’s the entire country. We have to understand that this is a cultural problem, not a party problem,” Emmett added.
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Court Pops San Francisco Officials’ Bubble
Prohibiting speech or compelling speech in the marketplace is not the way to deal with products or services that lawmakers do not like. It is an easy way to get…
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Victory for Free Speech and Donor Privacy
After years of litigation, US Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced on October 26 that the Justice Department has entered into settlements in two cases brought by conservative groups whose tax-exempt status…
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Happy Halloween: The Spooky Consequence of Criminalizing Freedom of Expression
This Halloween many states are considering outlawing the wearing of masks. Why? The news of late has been filled with scenes of American protests gone wrong. Whether it is the…
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Federal and State Leaders Take Promising Steps Towards Protecting Campus Free Speech
In a year dotted with free speech violations and controversies on college campuses, this week officials at both the federal and state level are demonstrating an increased awareness of the…
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Legislators Need to Address Campus Free Speech
In a Q&A, First Amendment attorney Casey Mattox of the Center for Academic Freedom outlines why state legislators should be concerned about campus free speech and the potential lawsuits from students…
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VIDEO: The FORUM Act – A Model Policy Proposal
Download the FORUM Act Forming Open and Robust University Minds (FORUM) Act To protect the free speech rights of students in accordance with…
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ALEC Donor Disclosure Toolkit
Donor disclosure and donor privacy are very important issues. Unfortunately, instead of a focus on government transparency and individual privacy, many advocates of donor disclosure are actually attempting to pass laws that would require the disclosure of personal information—like names and home addresses of Americans—in order to intimidate these donors from contributing to the causes they care about most.
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Free Speech Wins: A Massachusetts Federal District Court Dismisses Defamation Lawsuit Against TechDirt
Defamation law may no longer be used to silence unliked speech. At least, that is what a federal court in Massachusetts ruled last week. Shiva Ayyadurai sued…
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Protests: Enforce the Laws on the Books Before Writing New Ones
Every time there is a crisis, the pressure is on legislators to do something about it. Recently the crisis has been protests. In the wake of violent protests, the burning…
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Beneficial Ownership Disclosure: A Huge Donor Disclosure Threat
Across the country, efforts are underway in all branches of our government to intimidate and stop the American people from expressing their views as guaranteed under the First Amendment. In…
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VIDEO: Donor Disclosure in an Age of No Privacy
Guy Benson, Darcy Olsen, and Pete Coors addressing the ALEC 2017 Annual Meeting on donor disclosure in an age of no privacy.
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ALEC Model Policy Protects Speech on Campus, Representative Taylor
In an August 1, 2017 op-ed, State Representative Chris Taylor of Wisconsin spent a lot of time attacking the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). As the director…
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Center to Protect Free Speech at Young Americans for Liberty National Convention
The Center to Protect Free Speech had a great time interacting with freedom-minded students last week at the 2017 Young Americans for Liberty National Convention. The goal was to…
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ALEC Center to Protect Free Speech Supports Protesters in Denver
Despite disagreements, the ALEC Center to Protect Free Speech was proud to support the First Amendment rights of the protesters at our Annual Meeting in Denver, CO.
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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Addresses ALEC 44th Annual Meeting
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos talks educational choice at the 44th Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado.
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Emmett Talks Campus Free Speech in Michigan Senate
Shelby Emmett, Director of the ALEC Center to Protect Free Speech returned to her home state of Michigan and joined Stanley Kurtz in schooling the Michigan Senate Judiciary…