Galda v. Bloustein

OPINION

BROTMAN, District Judge.

Traditionally, First Amendment litigation has focused on the affirmative rights of individuals and groups to freedom of speech and association. In recent years, however, the increasing centralization of society has led to free speech concerns of a somewhat different nature — that individuals not be compelled to adhere to or support ideological positions espoused by powerful governmental or commercial organizations. See, e. g., First Nat’l Bank of Boston v. Bellotti, 435 U.S. 765, 98 S.Ct. 1407, 55 L.Ed.2d 707 (1978); Wooley v. Maynard, 430 U.S. 705, 97 S.Ct.…