Opinions on this aside (which are subjective), we should remember that the "this is a bad precedent to set" argument is ignoring the (objective) fact that this

Opinions on this aside (which are subjective), we should remember that the "this is a bad precedent to set" argument is ignoring the (objective) fact that this precedent has already been set. The US Government took many actions even stronger than this to stop speech against the Vietnam War (resulting in the Free Speech movement). This problem continues in how folks talk about how vaccine mandates setting a bad precedent, unaware of how the US Government mandates (by force) polio vaccinations.