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> the first itself is largely hillariously unenforceable even a century ago because of global speech and the First Ammendment

The Logan Act [1] has been on the books since the 19th century, though it remains Constitutionally controversial.

Broadly speaking, however, there is difference between punishing certain views and expanding public-sphere protections around free speech. The latter is done e.g. with union-promotion laws, which restrict companies' abilities to suppress certain kinds of union-organizing speech. That precedent could certainly be extended to this issue.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logan_Act



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