susan: next up is gary in titusville, florida. >> my question can be to either person. during peacetime, when there is not a clear danger, during political campaigns, when did we start having free speech zones? it seems to be an oxymoron. is it legal? susan: thank you. thomas: what he is talking about is that around political campaigns, around conventions, you can have people who want to protest. the question is, will the government exclude protesters, and the balance that has been drawn by the court is you are going to have to create some place for protesters to say what they want and communicate a message without unduly interfering with the political campaign and convention going on. that has developed over a long period of time. it is relatively uncontroversial now. what we do in the first amendment is balance two different kinds of speech. convention is a form of political speech, protest is a form, we are trying to let happen. susan: scott is in michigan. >> hello, i would like to ask an open ended question out of respect to the intellect of your panel. in the hypo