Town of Manalapan, New Jersey, Versus Free Speech [1]

Follow the links from Electronic Frontier Foundation page on the bizarre Manalapan v. Moskovitz [2] lawsuit to see a local government running wild against free speech. The town is suing to get the identity of -- and all kinds of other information about -- a critical anonymous blogger.

Anonymous speech should generally be taken less seriously than speech where the speaker stands behind his own words, and I think this is such a case. But anonymous speech is part of a long and vital tradition in America, and this is also such an example.

Someone should show these officials the Bill of Rights. Kudos to the EFF for pursuing this case.