"Gathering information about government officials in a form that can readily be disseminated to others serves a cardinal First Amendment interest in protecting and promoting ‘the free discussion of governmental affairs.’ "
Quote by:
Judge Kermit Victor Lipez (1941-) Senior United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Source:
writing the opinion of the court in Glik v. Cunniffe, 655 F.3d 78, 79-81 (1st Cir. 2011), (quoting Mills v. Alabama, 384 U.S. 214, 218 (1966))
http://media.ca1.uscourts.gov/pdf.opinions/10-1764P-01A.pdf