Does a Public Actor Have the Right to Anonymity? Animal Research and Wider First Amendment Implications

Should public decision-makers be allowed to remain anonymous? Starting with the charged issue of animal research oversight, this panel confronts the broader First Amendment implications of anonymity in public life. Join a powerhouse panel featuring Noah Feldman, a Harvard University Professor and one of the nation’s leading constitutional scholars; Asher Smith, General Counsel, Litigation for the PETA Foundation, who contests these issues from an animal advocacy perspective; and Julia Allison, a Shorenstein Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School specializing in the intersection of media and politics.  

Lunch is provided. Register by clicking the “Event Information” link.