Shouting down a speaker at a designated event isn't exercising "free speech" in the same way that punching someone whose opinions you dislike isn't free speech. It is instead a coercive method to stifle discussion among people exercising their rights.
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I read this carefully. The writers propose two alternate statutory schemes, both with serious problems. The TPM restriction is so vague (the time of the speaking, the place of the speech) as to amount to a total restriction of speech any time anybody else is speaking.
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The second proposal on “obstruction” generally (making a statute to restrict speech that doesn’t look like a statute to restrict speech) misses the reality of “as-applied” challenges. The statute would hold, but it couldn’t lawfully be enforced in the manner proposed.
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