John Does 1-2, et al. v. Seattle Police Department, et al.
FirstAmendment DueProcess Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
(1) Whether compelled public disclosure of politically sensitive information, including compelled statements regarding political beliefs, motivations, and associations, in response to public records requests, violates the First Amendment constitutional right to anonymous political expression and association.
(2) Whether Petitioners' First Amendment interest to proceed in litigation anonymously justifies their use of pseudonyms in a litigation seeking to preserve that very interest in anonymity.
Whether compelled public disclosure of politically sensitive information in response to public records requests violates the First Amendment right to anonymous political expression and association