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Just about any law can be boiled down to “compelled speech” or a restraint on speech if you twist it enough. Actions are speech. Murder is an action. Criminaliz
by elliekelly 5y ago
Just about any law can be boiled down to “compelled speech” or a restraint on speech if you twist it enough. Actions are speech. Murder is an action. Criminalizing murder is criminalizing speech.
Likewise, wearing a seatbelt is an action so requiring seatbelts is compelled speech.
And words are speech, too. So requiring car owners display their license plate is compelled speech.