• Arizona Supreme Court hears argument on donor disclosure • Claims of threats, retaliation come after close-to-home killing • Justices take matter under advisement, note statewide importance
The Arizona Supreme Court is now weighing a legal challenge to the Voters Right to Know Act, a 2022 law requiring heightened donor disclosure, from two conservative groups who fear it could lead to doxxing, threats, harassment and chilled speech.
Arguments over the law, and the claimed potential for further disclosure to give way to harm, fell squarely in the shadow of the September 10 death of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, with attorneys for the plaintiffs and leaders of the Center for Arizona Policy and the Arizona Free Enterprise Club pointing to the shooting as an example of the cu