Kansas City infoZine - EFF, Nonprofits Challenge Secret Government Blacklists - USA: "EFF, Nonprofits Challenge Secret Government Blacklists
Funding for Charities Should Not Be Tied to Screening
Washington, D.C. - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today joined the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and a dozen this according to the ACLU release other nonprofit organizations in filing for an injunction from the US District Court in Washington, DC, to stop the federal government from requiring the charities to use blacklists in order to receive payroll donations from federal employees. The groups argue that the new requirement, which was implemented without any notice or public comment period, is not authorized by statute and violates the First and Fifth Amendments."
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