Comment Re: political speech (Score 1) 233
What if this anonymous speaker turns out to be the staff of his political opposition? Certainly election law comes into play. Does that change anything for you?
Not in the least, for two reasons:
1) That still means that we have someone prosecuted for exercising their first amendment rights (the FEC doesn't get a pass on "Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech"), pretty much exactly what dnaumov described (even if not quite as gruesome of an outcome likely), and...
2) Rational adults should accord anonymous internet trolls the level of credibility they deserve - ie, none in the absence of proof.
Not in the least, for two reasons:
1) That still means that we have someone prosecuted for exercising their first amendment rights (the FEC doesn't get a pass on "Congress shall make no law
2) Rational adults should accord anonymous internet trolls the level of credibility they deserve - ie, none in the absence of proof.