[EL] Harassment? Speech? Why not both?

Tue Apr 1 08:42:01 PDT 2014

Is it harassment? Free speech? Why not both?

The question is not whether people have a right to boycott or criticize; it is whether the government has a compelling interest in invading privacy, speech, and associational rights to force people to make information available to others for the purpose of harassing/boycotting/excoriating/harming the original speaker.

Bradley A. Smith

Josiah H. Blackmore II/Shirley M. Nault

   Professor of Law

Capital University Law School

303 E. Broad St.

Columbus, OH 43215

614.236.6317

http://law.capital.edu/faculty/bios/bsmith.aspx

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$1000 Contribution to Prop 8 by Mozilla CEO Leads to OK Cupid Protest: Harassment?<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59833>
Posted on March 31, 2014 5:24 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59833> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here<http://recode.net/2014/03/31/okcupid-takes-public-stand-against-new-mozilla-ceo/>‘s a description of the controversy.

Is this harassment or the free speech exercise of OKCupid?

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Posted in campaign finance<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>
“Forget Susan B. Anthony”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59831>
Posted on March 31, 2014 3:41 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59831> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Monkey Cage blog.<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/03/31/forget-susan-b-anthony/>

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Posted in voting<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=31>
New Jersey Court Holds Some State Petition Circulation Rules Unconstitutional<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59829>
Posted on March 31, 2014 3:36 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59829> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Read Empower Our Neighborhoods v. Kimberly Guadagno.<http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/decisions/EON_Motion_140331.pdf>

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Posted in petition signature gathering<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=39>
Deven Desai of Concurring Opinions Interviews Me About Latest Voting Skirmishes<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59827>
Posted on March 31, 2014 2:37 pm<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59827> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Read it here<http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2014/03/bright-ideas-prof-rick-hasen-on-the-recent-and-future-voting-war-engagements.html>.

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Posted in election administration<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>, The Voting Wars<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>
“A Response to the Koch Brothers Claim of Entitlement to Anonymous Political Giving”<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59825>
Posted on March 31, 2014 8:25 am<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=59825> by Rick Hasen<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Fred Wertheimer blogs<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/fred-wertheimer/a-response-to-the-koch-brothers_b_5043831.html>.

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Posted in campaign finance<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>, tax law and election law<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=22>

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