re: #170 Dark_Falcon

As for employees of campaigns: No, it doesn’t. The person can still speak as he wishes, for he faces no criminal charges in doing so. But if in speaking he seriously offends his employer, he’s liable to find himself without a job.

It still makes whatever paid speech they’re giving appear to be their speech, which it isn’t.

It’s a complex area of theory, since people often simplistically think of free speech as a right that can’t infringe on the rights of others in any way, but it can. In fact, it’s one of the few rights you can exercise on behalf of someone else, in someone else’s employ.

So again, if you are taking the position that it is all speech, if you don’t want to be dramatic and allow all paid political speech, what’s your rationale for limiting any political speech?