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Supreme Court Will Review Release of Names of Referendum Petition Signers

By Howard M. Friedman

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Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in John Doe #1 v. Reed (Docket No. 09-599, cert. granted 1/15/2010) (Order List.) In the case, the 9th Circuit allowed release under Washington state's Public Records Law of the names of those who signed petitions seeking a referendum on the state's domestic partnership law. The court concluded that release does not violate the signers' 1st Amendment right to anonymous political speech. (See prior posting.)SCOTUS Blog here discusses the case, and here has links to the opinion below and the petitions supporting and opposing a grant of cert. [Thanks to Alliance Alert for the lead.]

Full post as published by Religion Clause on January 16, 2010 (boomark / email).

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