[EL] The need for less disclosure sometimes

[Joe La Rue]

"The resignation of Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich over a personal $1,000
donation he made in 2008 in support of California's Proposition 8 shows the
dark side of campaign disclosure laws and how [some] are using them to
intimidate, harass, and bully anyone who disagrees with them on social and
cultural issues."

Sometimes the answer is not "more disclosure."  Sometimes the answer must
be less disclosure, if we are to allow unpopular political speech to
survive.  This is precisely what the Bopp Law Firm argued in Doe v. Reed.

Read more here.
http://blog.heritage.org/2014/04/03/liberals-using-campaign-disclosures-intimidate-harass/


Joe
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