Texas Top Cop Shop v. Garland
Advancing American Freedom led a coalition of 19 other amici fighting federal overreach and for the freedom of American’s information from the prying eyes of government. In Texas Top Cop Shop v. Garland, Texas Top Cop Shop is challenging the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), a law that requires tens of millions of organizations, from small businesses to political organizations, to report “Beneficial Owner Information” to the government. This law is not justified by any of Congress’s enumerated powers and thus is unconstitutional. It also requires gathering of massive amounts of private information in a government database that invites hacking.
“The Constitution is not a blank check,” said AAF General Counsel J. Marc Wheat. “It is a limited delegation of specific powers. None of those powers justifies the collection of broad swaths of information about the American people. The law at issue in this case does exactly that and must be struck down. Its enforcement should be stayed until the courts have time to consider it fully.”
Read the full brief here.
