[SkyBelow]

Given the First Amendment is a limitation on the government, let's apply this logic to a government service. If the government was to say, stop you from accessing the public library due to the speech you engage in, but did not criminally punishing you for the speech, would this be a First Amendment violation? I think so.

Another, perhaps more realistic example, is a government employer choosing to fire an employee who was caught using their free speech to advocate for a political challenger to the office they work under. Firing a person is not criminally punishing them, and in general an employer can fire an employee for what they say, but in this specific case, because the First Amendment limits the government, they couldn't do this. If you were working for private political organization, they likely could do this as the First Amendment wouldn't apply to the private organization.

[secabeen]

> If you were working for private political organization, they likely could do this as the First Amendment wouldn't apply to the private organization.

Depends on the state, many have added political beliefs to their anti-discrimination laws, and such an act would be prohibited, but at the federal level this would be fine.