The freedom of association protected in the First Amendment is just as central to the scheme of American liberty as is the freedom of speech and of the press. [...] In Americans for Prosperity Foundation, the Court recognized “[t]he gravity of the privacy concerns in this context” as “underscored by the filings of hundreds of organizations as amici curiae in support of the petitioners” in that case. [...] The freedom of association protected in the First Amendment is just as central to the scheme of American liberty as is the freedom of speech and of the press. [...] The freedom to associate, protected by the Assembly Clause of the First Amendment, includes not only the right to associate, but the right to do so anonymously. [...] According to the Supreme Court, “[i]t is beyond debate that freedom to engage in association for the advancement of beliefs and ideas is an inseparable 18 aspect of the ‘liberty’ assured by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, which embraces freedom of speech.” NAACP v.
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