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Re: China requires Internet users to register names To enact laws prohibiting anonymity, they would have to get around McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission 514 U.S. 334 (1995)
Protections for anonymous speech are vital to democratic discourse. Allowing dissenters to shield their identities frees them to express critical minority views . . . Anonymity is a shield from the tyranny of the majority. . . . It thus exemplifies the purpose behind the Bill of Rights and of the First Amendment in particular: to protect unpopular individuals from retaliation . . . at the hand of an intolerant society. |
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kudos:2 | Well any law enacted by Congress can be undone by another Congress.
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| said by StuartMW:Well any law enacted by Congress can be undone by another Congress.
once enacted its very hard to drop it look at the patriot acts . |
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| It is hard to repeal laws that give the gummint power. It is relatively easy to repeal those that restrict gummint power. The Patriot Act is an example of the former.
Gummints everywhere at every time crave power. Give it to them and it's unlikely they'll relinquish it. At least not without a fight.
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