{"id":283755,"date":"2026-06-29T16:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T20:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/29\/arizona-supreme-court-allows-donor-privacy-challenge-to-proceed\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T16:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T20:25:08","slug":"arizona-supreme-court-allows-donor-privacy-challenge-to-proceed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/29\/arizona-supreme-court-allows-donor-privacy-challenge-to-proceed\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona Supreme Court Allows Donor Privacy Challenge to Proceed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arizona Supreme Court Allows Donor Privacy Challenge to Proceed<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.goldwaterinstitute.org\/arizona-supreme-court-allows-donor-privacy-challenge-to-proceed-strengthens-independent-free-speech-protections-under-the-arizona-constitution\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-06-29 16:02:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.goldwaterinstitute.org<\/a><\/p>\n

The Arizona Supreme Court today issued a landmark decision recognizing that the Arizona Constitution provides an independent source of protection for free speech and allowing a constitutional challenge to Arizona\u2019s donor disclosure law to proceed. In doing so, the court recognized that the nonprofit and donor plaintiffs do not surrender their privacy rights simply because they contribute money to causes they believe in.<\/p>\n

Although the court rejected a broad facial challenge to Proposition 211, it held that the plaintiffs\u2014the Center for Arizona Policy, the Arizona Free Enterprise Club, and anonymous donors\u2014had sufficiently alleged that the law violates Arizona\u2019s constitutional guarantee of free speech as applied to them. Proposition 211 forces nonprofits that speak about a ballot measure or mention an incumbent lawmaker near an election to disclose to the government their donors\u2019 names, addresses, employers, and donation amounts.<\/p>\n

The case now returns to the trial court, where the plaintiffs will have the opportunity to prove that compelled disclosure chills speech in violation of the Arizona Constitution.<\/p>\n

In doing so, the court made clear that the Arizona Constitution is not merely a mirror of the First Amendment. Instead, it emphasized that Arizona courts must independently interpret the protections guaranteed by the Speak Freely Clause, explaining that \u201c[t]he Speak Freely Clause tolerates no censorship or restraint\u2026for speech that falls within the Clause\u2019s protective scope.\u201d<\/p>\n

The court also recognized that donating to organizations for the purpose of funding policy speech constitutes protected expressive conduct under the Arizona Constitution and reaffirmed that the Speak Freely Clause broadly protects against laws that chill protected speech.<\/p>\n

Justice Kathryn Hackett King\u2019s dissent\u2014joined by Vice Chief Justice John Lopez and Justice Clint Bolick \u2013 underscored the fundamental constitutional interests at stake, explaining…<\/p>\n

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