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>Most companies already prohibit employees from discussing salaries, under penalty of termination.

This is actually illegal in many states. Workers have a legal right to discuss salaries.

>Freedom of speech pertains to legislation from congress preventing political speech.

Not correct. Free speech is about any freedom of expression, not just political speech. There is endless amounts of case law to back this up.



Please document some of this case law!


Come on. It's not even difficult to find examples of non-political speech being protected.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_v._Black

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashcroft_v._Free_Speech_Coal...

You can find a big list of free speech cases here. Many cover non-political speech.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Suprem...





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