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Under our Constitution, anonymous pamphleteering is not a pernicious, fraudulent practice, but an honorable tradition of advocacy and of dissent. Anonymity is a shield from the tyranny of the majority.
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Anonymity thereby provides a way for a writer who may be personally unpopular to ensure that readers will not prejudge her message simply because they do not like its proponent.
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Don't underestimate the common man. People are intelligent enough to evaluate the source of an anonymous writing. They can see it is anonymous. They know it is anonymous. They can evaluate its anonymity along with its message, as long as they are permitted, as they must be, to read that message. And then, once they have done so, it is for them to decide what is 'responsible,' what is valuable, and what is truth.
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More detail at:
http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/93-986.ZS.html
http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1994/1994_93_986
http://supreme.justia.com/us/514/334/case.html
http://openjurist.org/514/us/334
http://ftp.resource.org/courts.gov/c/US/514/514.US.334.93-986.html
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