In January, a judge in Ohio allowed the plaintiffs to bring the suit as a class action. "CSG has nothing financial to gain in this case," Meckler said in a statement announcing the victory. "We fund it because it’s the right thing to do. Someone had to stand up for the patriots who had been targeted, abused and discriminated against by their own government."
The Mercer Family Foundation didn't report any contributions to Citizens for Self Governance prior to 2014. Its 2015 giving isn't required to be disclosed until around the end of this year.