Who's Against Disclosure? Supreme Court Unanimous Ruling NAACP v. Alabama (1958)

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama, 357 U.S. 449 (1958), was an important civil rights case brought before the United States Supreme Court.
Alabama sought to prevent the NAACP from conducting further business in the state. After the circuit court issued a restraining order, the state issued a subpoena for various records, including the NAACP's membership lists. The Supreme Court ruled that Alabama's demand for the lists had violated the right of due process guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
See http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=357&invol=449 "Petitioner has a right to assert on behalf of its members a claim that they are entitled under the Federal Constitution to be protected from being compelled by the State to disclose their affiliation with the Association. Pp. 458-460. [357 U.S. 449, 450]"

■ Alabama wanted to know who was supporting and financing the NAACP
■ In 1958, Supreme Court ruled unanimously that was unconstitutional
■ "they are entitled under the Federal Constitution to be protected from being compelled by the State to disclose their affiliation with the Association"
■ Barack Obama is the worst constitutional lecturer in history