Los Angeles may not require companies working for the city to disclose connections with the National Rifle Association. So ruled a federal judge who wrote that while the law seemed to focus on non-expressive activity, it was really aimed at restricting the NRA’s political speech. (Los Angeles Times, December 12, 2019, by Dakota Smith)
U.S. District Judge Stephen V. Wilson said that even though contracts are not shielded by the First Amendment, to require companies to reveal the contracts invokes the First Amendment especially when the city wants to curb speech. (Newsweek, December 13, 2019, by Asher Stockler)
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