McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission
Case Date: 07/09/1995
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McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission, 514 U.S. 334 (1995),[1] was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that an Ohio statute that prohibits anonymous political or campaign literature is unconstitutional. Writing for the Court, Justice Stevens asserted that such action is protected by the First Amendment, and therefore violated the constitutional principle of freedom of speech. Justice Scalia dissented, to which Chief Justice Rehnquist joined. Justice Ginsberg also concurred. Justice Thomas wrote what was, for him, a very rare concurrence, but he is known to support free speech.
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