Great
article by Dahlia Lithwick about oral arguments in the Supreme Court over Doe vs. Reed. The case concerns whether the names of people who sign a petition to put a measure on ballot should be released to the public. Justice Scalia:
for the first century of our existence, even voting was public—you either did it raising your hand or by voice. . . running a democracy takes a certain amount of civic courage. And the First Amendment does not protect you from criticism or even nasty phone calls when you exercise your political rights to legislate.
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