American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan v. City of Goshen

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

MILLER, District Judge.

The City of Goshen enacted an ordinance that would, among other things, make it illegal for members of the American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan to wear masks in public assembly. The United States Constitution protects a group’s speakers the right to anonymity when past harassment makes it likely that disclosing the members would impact the group’s ability to pursue its collective efforts at advocacy. The Goshen ordinance violates that constitutional guarantee.

I. BackgRound

On June 16, 1998, the Common Counsel of the City of Goshen, Indiana enacted…