It’s also important to note that this strategy is enormously flexible, there’s nothing special about workplaces. If the 1st amendment is destroyed this century, it probably won’t be through hate speech laws but through something like a law enabling social media users to sue companies for not banning people who say ostensibly bigoted thin…
It’s also important to note that this strategy is enormously flexible, there’s nothing special about workplaces. If the 1st amendment is destroyed this century, it probably won’t be through hate speech laws but through something like a law enabling social media users to sue companies for not banning people who say ostensibly bigoted things. This ability could be given to readers of books, restaurant customers, etc. The current Supreme Court probably wouldn’t let such a law stand but a future one could well do so and refer to workplace regulations as precedent.
It’s also important to note that this strategy is enormously flexible, there’s nothing special about workplaces. If the 1st amendment is destroyed this century, it probably won’t be through hate speech laws but through something like a law enabling social media users to sue companies for not banning people who say ostensibly bigoted things. This ability could be given to readers of books, restaurant customers, etc. The current Supreme Court probably wouldn’t let such a law stand but a future one could well do so and refer to workplace regulations as precedent.