Free Speech Unmuted: Free Speech, Government Persuasion, and Government Coercion

Prof. Jane Bambauer and I discuss Murthy v. Missouri (the former Missouri v. Biden).

You can watch on YouTube (see here for past episodes), or subscribe on any podcast platform. This series put together by the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, where I'll be starting as the Thomas M. Siebel Senior Fellow in May.

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[NvEric]

Governments are limited to what they've been assigned to do by their constitutions. Notions further, despite things as 'necessary and proper' do not cut the mustard, but rather if they did step past their duties would be to cut the cheese, which, of course, is objectionable.

Stating general guidelines in normal policy papers or any other statements to the public, which are then only placed outside their office or on their online web page, would be the extent of the ability to speak. Going directly to someone or someplace to express a policy which will violate their defined duties would be unconstitutional, wrong, and troublesome; persuasion and coercion to target inherent Rights is unconstitutional.