Findlaw.com has this neutral column, weighing the arguments on both sides on the issue of whether the names and addresses of people who sign petitions should be public information. The commentary is by Michael Dorf. See it here. The state of Washington’s brief, arguing in favor of making the information public, is due in the U.S. Supreme Court on December 7. The case is Doe v Reed, 09-559. The U.S. Supreme Court will probably decide whether to hear the case in early January 2010. Thanks to Rick Hasen’s ElectionLawBlog for the link.
Any petitions for —
bringing back the King George III regime as of 1776,
bringing back Slavery as of 1860, or even
having a Stalin or Hitler clone be the hereditary emperor of the U.S.A.
etc. ???
i.e. those mere life or death type issues — with lots of folks collecting the names and addresses of petition signers ???
It is pathetic how liberals want all government documents public calling it public disclosure. Remember how liberals fought pro-life foes when they called for public disclosures on publicly funded abortion and their doctors?