You couldn't crowd, you know, fundraise to poison the water. There are all kinds of reasons why the public interest would limit freedom of action. So the voluntariness of this doesn't particularly bother me. The constitutional question is a good one. And under the First Amendment, the state, the government may regulate speech if there's compelling governmental interest, and that it is narrowly tailored. Now that's a very. That's called strict scrutiny. And the joke amongst lawyers is strict in theory, fatal in fact. But there are moments where a law will pass strict scrutiny. (26:36–26:53)
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