Whether a party's acceptance of a benefit prevents that party from contending that the government violated the unconstitutional conditions doctrine in requiring a waiver of constitutional rights in exchange for that benefit

QUESTION PRESENTED As acondition of settlement, the Securities and Exchange Commission demanded that petitioner waive his First Amendment rights to speak on matters ranging far beyond the charged violations. Petitioner challenged that requirement as an _ unconstitutional condition, but the court of appeals held that he could not bring such a challenge because he had acquiesced to the Commission’s demands. The question presented is: Whether a party’s acceptance of a benefit prevents that party from contending that the government violated the unconstitutional conditions doctrine in requiring a waiver of constitutional rights in exchange for that benefit.