Academics, whatever their political stripe, have a perfect individual right to enter that marketplace and sell themselves to the highest bidder.

Recognizing an individual right of autonomy makes self-creation possible.

Although the decision was not unanimous, all justices endorsed an individual right viewpoint, but differed on the scope of that right.

Therefore, restrictions on legislators' voting can not infringe on the legislator's individual right to speech.

However, this individual right could only be exercised by actively participating members of a functioning, organized state militia.