Sometimes, who you know matters more than what you know. But must you share with the federal government who you know or wish to support financially?

On April 29, the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in Buckeye Institute v. IRS, challenging the IRS’s requirements that certain non-profit organizations disclose personal information about their “substantial donors.” On the very same day, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous ruling defending freedom of association and donor privacy. The court should use Buckeye as an opportunity to further reaffirm the First Amendment’s protection of the right to anonymous association, which has been central to the American experiment.

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