The Supreme Court seemed sympathetic on Dec. 2 to a pro-life pregnancy center group’s attempt to sue New Jersey for allegedly chilling its First Amendment rights through a subpoena.
The case focuses on a group of faith-based pregnancy centers known as First Choice Women’s Centers, which alleged that the state of New Jersey was chilling their rights to free association by requesting information about their donors.
The group sued under a law known as 42 U.S.C. Section 1983, which allows entities to sue governments over alleged violations of civil rights.
During oral argument, multiple justices asked questions that indicated they were skeptical that First Choice had suffered the kind of injury that would give it a legal basis for challenging New Jersey’s subpoena….