Privately supporting causes, and the organizations advancing those causes, is a fundamental freedom that is protected by the First Amendment. We must protect the ability of all Americans to come together in support of each other and the causes they believe in.
“When you look at the list of those that are in support, anytime you can get this long list of very diverse opinions, all in agreement, it tells me it’s a good bill.”
Privacy is vital to freedom of association, as the Supreme Court recognized in 1958, when it held that the state of Alabama could not demand the NAACP’s membership lists.