The group behind an anonymous $11-million-donation to the anti-Proposition 30 campaign has planned to appeal to the United States Supreme Court in an attempt to keep their donor records secret despite a court order to disclose them, according to the Los Angeles Times. 

The California Supreme Court had ordered the group, Americans for Responsible Leadership, to turn over its records by Sunday afternoon. The group donated $11 million to the Small Business Action Committee, a group which is fighting the governor's proposed tax hike and simulataneosly supporting the anti-union Proposition 32.

Thad Davis, an attorney for the non-profit, said the case "raises critical First Amendment issues regarding the ability of an organization to freely associate and speak on vital election-related matters without reprisal by government officials opposed to their view."

 

Read it at the Los Angeles Times.

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