Is There a Constitutional Right to Sign a Petition Anonymously?
Last month, in Doe #1 v. Reed,the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit rejected a claim that over one hundred thousand people who signed a Washington state petition have a constitutional right to prevent the public from learning their names and addresses. The plaintiffs, who have already prevailed on one aspect of their case in the Supreme Court, have now filed a new petition seeking review by the Justices. In this column, I consider the surprisingly difficult question of whether there is a constitutional right to sign a petition anonymously.
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- Is There a Constitutional Right to Sign a Petition Anonymously?
