U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday voiced concern that a 2003 law violates constitutional free speech rights by requiring overseas affiliates of American-based nonprofit groups that seek federal funding for HIV/AIDS relief to take a formal stance opposing prostitution and sex trafficking.
FILE PHOTO: Children ride scooters across the plaza at the United States Supreme Court, following the government's notice to halt all building tours due to the coronavirus, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 17, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
Several justices signaled sympathy toward arguments by the groups that to an ordinary person these organizations and their overseas affiliates that help carry out their work and are known by similar names are indistinguishable. Organizations including the Alliance for Open Society International, Pathfinder International, InterAction and the Global Health Council challenged the provision as a violation of the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment. The ruling would affect other well-known international groups such as Save the Children.
Roberts, the 2013 ruling’s author, wondered if the “precise relationship” between the U.S. groups and the affiliates could amount to a free speech violation.
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