Legal attacks on the free speech and association rights of pro-market groups – and their supporters – have been increasing in recent years at an alarming rate. AFP’s Victor Bernson, CEI’s Kent Lassman, and Goldwater Institute’s Timothy Sandefur will share stories about successfully litigating their free speech cases in court (and in the news media) so that fellow freedom fighters are better armed if they’re similarly attacked. President Kent Lassman will discuss how CEI responded to the subpoena from the attorney general of the U.S. Virgin Islands, received on his 2nd day in office, demanding more than a decade’s worth of documents about our energy and climate policy work, including donor names. Vice President and General Counsel Vic Bernson will share how AFP was vindicated in their First Amendment lawsuit against Attorney General Kamala Harris and how her attempted blanket collection and public distribution of confidential donor information was ruled unconstitutional. Vice President Timothy Sandefur will discuss how working on controversial issues can dramatically highlight the need for donor privacy and how that right is being undermined by the fight against so-called “dark money” in politics. CEI Senior Editor Richard Morrison will moderate the discussion.
