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Supreme Court Allows Women’s Center to Fight NJ Subpoena

4/30/2026

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Supreme Court issued an opinion, written by Justice Neil Gorsuch, allowing First Choice Women’s Resource Centers to bring a First Amendment claim in federal court.
The coalition—U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Catholic Bishops, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and a press-freedom group—led the justices to cite the 1958 NAACP decision barring compelled disclosure of membership lists.
U.S. President Donald Trump filed a brief supporting the challenge to the New Jersey subpoena.

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Supreme Court issued an opinion, written by Justice Neil Gorsuch, allowing First Choice Women’s Resource Centers to bring a First Amendment claim in federal court.
The coalition—U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Catholic Bishops, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and a press-freedom group—led the justices to cite the 1958 NAACP decision barring compelled disclosure of membership lists.
U.S. President Donald Trump filed a brief supporting the challenge to the New Jersey subpoena.