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What is SEC Gag Orders and First Amendment Rights about?
For fifty years, the Securities & Exchange Commission has maintained a rule that requires the imposition of a perpetual gag order on settling defendants in civil enforcement actions. As a result, anyone who settles with the agency must “voluntarily” agree to never deny their guilt in public. This is a wildly inappropriate use of government power, and it runs directly counter to the spirit of accountability and transparency that permeates our founding documents, in addition to being a clear violation of Firs
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