Quote:But where is anonymous speech protected in the constitution?

 

Speech is protected.   Why would that not include anonymous speech?    Failing to protect anonymous speech would probably have a chilling effect on free speech.   That is where the Supreme Court could rest their ruling.  

 

It seems like a slippery slope to force people to disclose themselves if they want to make a political statement.  

 

Like I said, anonymous political speech was instrumental in the movement for independence from Britain, and the ratification of the Constitution.   Anonymous political speech has a history as long as democracy itself.  It's part of the free marketplace of ideas. 

 

If the government is going to regulate speech, there has to be a very compelling reason to do it.  Not just that they think it would be an improvement.   I don't see a compelling reason for this. 

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