KavaNO in place to overturn it.

Which is why ALL Repubs HAVE to get Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court! They don't care if he's a perjurer. So are they.

statement by the 9th Circuit that having a few less bucks to distort democracy with because names will be named is fucking NOT an infringement of 1A will be rejected by the fascist majority on the "high" court just as it was in citizen's United.

If hate speech is protected...how the fuck are a few wealthy donors names???

At least ferret them out like ones from Russian born American citizens who have close connections to Putin.

Rec'd.

but traceable.

They're all up to their eyeballs in rubles.

this ruling will be thrown out for sure.

This involves the Kochs and the Mercers and the other evil Trump-loving billionaires, and this type of ruling "just won't do" for the Trump Crime family.

K&R, thanks for posting

Not for nothing are these Kochcukers so anxious to get Kuntanaugh confirmed.

It makes even clearer now why McConnell & Repugs' UNITED front fought like their life was depending on keeping the seat for Gorsuch
and now pushing Krackpot,Kriminal Kavanaugh through so fast. Their own donor histories, indeed the Repug's entire dark money infrastructure they knew would be exposed if this pending case/decision were not voted down @SCOTUS.

BTW don't think Stephens would have been the "swing vote" and the case/circuit court decision would not have been reversed at SCOTUS. As Charles Pierce so often reminds us of Stephens willfully, historically naive opinion in CITIZENS UNITED that anonymity protection for donors will not lead to corruption/impropriety. To Stephens keeding donor ids secret no biggie, no threat to a functioning sovereign, democracy.

and thanks to AG Xavier Bacerra for following through!

"They (plaintiffs) challenge the Attorney General of California’s collection of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Form 990 Schedule B, which contains the names and addresses of their relatively few largest contributors. The Attorney General uses the information solely to prevent charitable fraud, and the information is not to be made public except in very limited circumstances. The plaintiffs argue the state’s disclosure requirement impermissibly burdens their First Amendment right to free association by deterring individuals from making contributions."

So the information collected as to names and addresses, is identical to information the IRS collects to prevent charity fraud, is not made public. Still they will be policed and authorities at least will know if other election laws, offshore money, was contributed, or suspected.

Judgment here:

http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2018/09/11/16-55727.pdf

many entities disguised as charities but obviously for election purposes only.

The Feds do this to monitor the charities for potential fraud...it is their right and duty. The fed tax folks are NOT to disclose names or address to the public, except under limited circumstances, such as for prosecution.

The California law is the same on public disclosure...limited...to what extent, I have got into the weeds only so far.

The thing is that disclosure will allow authorities to have intel on who...and red flags can be investigated.

As an aside, the Koch tried to use 1960's laws that outed NAACP member lists, members then killed or intimidated, to argue this is...the same...unbelievable stuff to try to present to appeal court judges...who laughed them out...politely.

leaving off names that might be trouble couldn't be too hard.
I know I am missing something here.

... and if they were audited and the numbers didn't add up, they would both be in legal jepordy and loose credibility.

The entire GOP is organized crime, so there you have it. RICO them, baby!

I can't wait to see old pumpkin face McConnell squirm disclosing his Super PAC donors. Russia, NRA and a few others flake-O's would do.

The Right is totally informed on its importance when electing POTUS - to the point nothing else matters for anti-womens rights voters. The Left seems to be preoccupied with other issues.

Just sayin'