Does a State Violate the First Amendment by Requiring Disclosure of the Identity of Donors in Ballot Initiative Campaigns?

03/01/09 Leonard Link: New York Law School Professor Arthur Leonard comments on ProtectMarriage.com v. Bown, 2009 Westlaw 440211 (E.D.Cal.), and Canyon Ferry Road Baptist Church of East Helena, Inc. v. Unsworth, 2009 Westlaw 455522. These rulings concern the reach of campaign disclosure laws with respect to supporters of Prop. 8 and Montana's constitutional initiative to deprive same-sex couples the right to marry.