No. 25-1248October Term 2025Petition PendingUpdated Sep 1, 2026
Rio Grande Foundation v. Maggie Toulouse Oliver
Case status
Where it stands
Awaiting an order on the petition
- Next
- No decision timeline until the Court agrees to hear the case.
What it's about
Rio Grande Foundation challenges New Mexico campaign-finance rules requiring certain groups to disclose donors when they make communications with a political purpose, even if they do not expressly support or oppose candidates. The pending petition argues that applying those rules to issue-advocacy groups violates the First Amendment.
Question presented
1. Whether the court of appeals correctly determined that New Mexico has an informational interest in requiring qualified donor disclosure for communications that necessarily have a political purpose? 2. Whether the court of appeals correctly determined that the donor disclosure requirements within New Mexico’s Campaign Reporting Act (“CRA”), N.M. Stat. Ann. §§ 1-19-25 to -36, survive exacting scrutiny? 3. Whether the court of appeals correctly applied exacting scrutiny to review the CRA?
What happens next
The Court may schedule oral argument or take another action on the petition for certiorari (the request for Supreme Court review). No decision window is available yet.
Why it matters
The case could affect when nonprofit advocacy groups must reveal donors. For example, a group speaking about public issues near an election could face disclosure duties even if it does not directly back a candidate.
The dispute concerns how the First Amendment limits campaign-finance disclosure laws and the government's interest in informing voters.
Case file
- Docket
- 25-1248
- Status
- Petition Pending
- From
- United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- Documents
- 2
Documents
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More questions
- What is at stake in Rio Grande Foundation v. Toulouse Oliver?
- The case concerns whether New Mexico may require donor disclosure from issue-advocacy groups that do not expressly support or oppose candidates.
- Who could be affected by New Mexico's donor-disclosure rules?
- Nonprofit groups making politically oriented communications could be affected. The rules may require disclosure of qualified donors under the Campaign Reporting Act.
- What happens next in Rio Grande Foundation v. Toulouse Oliver?
- The Supreme Court may schedule oral argument or take another action on the petition. The record provides no decision window yet.
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