Supreme Court Backs Donor‑Privacy Challenge as New Jersey Moves to Enforce Subpoena

Overview

• The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that First Choice Women’s Resource Centers can challenge New Jersey’s donor‑list subpoena in federal court.
• The opinion said forced disclosure burdens the right to associate and cited the Court’s NAACP v. Alabama precedent on donor and member privacy.
• New Jersey’s attorney general asked a state judge to press ahead with enforcing the subpoena even as the federal challenge proceeds.
• The subpoena seeks years of donor names, addresses, phone numbers and employers, and supporters said potential exposure would deter them from giving.
• The decision sends the case back to federal court and leaves the consumer‑fraud probe unresolved, with compelled donor demands now set for close review.