February 24, 2025

Advancing American Freedom led a coalition of 43 other amici fighting big brother. In Texas Top Cop Shop v. Bondi, Texas Top Cop Shop is challenging the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) that requires corporations, from small businesses to political organizations, to report “Beneficial Owner Information” to the government. The CTA is unconstitutional because it is not an exercise of any of Congress’s enumerated powers. AAF calls on the Fifth Circuit to rule for Texas Top Cop Shop and find that the CTA is unconstitutional.

“Congress has no authority to collect massive amounts of personal information about private Americans, yet that is exactly what it is trying to do through the CTA and other similar programs,” said AAF General Counsel J. Marc Wheat. “When the government collects data, it is inviting foreign adversaries to hack into those databases and gain access to that information, as they have done repeatedly. The Fifth Circuit should rule for Texas Top Cop Shop and protect Americans’ data.”

Advancing American Freedom led a coalition of 33 other amici fighting for free speech, free association, and life in First Choice Women’s Resource Centers v. Platkin. After Matthew Platkin, Attorney General of New Jersey subpoenaed a massive amount of information about pro-life pregnancy center First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, including information relating to 5,000 donations, First Choice sued in federal court asserting their First Amendment rights to free speech and free association. This subpoena was a thinly veiled attempt to punish First Choice and threaten other pro-life pregnancy centers in New Jersey for their pro-life speech and services.

“The targeting of pro-life pregnancy centers in this case is unacceptable and yet it is unfortunately part of pattern of abuse of power directed at groups some State officials find objectionable,” said AAF General Counsel J. Marc Wheat. “No one should be persecuted by the State for seeking to protect women and the unborn from the evil of abortion. The Third Circuit should make clear that organizations like First Choice Women’s Resource Centers are free to do that important work without fear of retaliation.”