I do not recall saying anything about protected speech, but this assertion (once again) shows why the law in question is superfluous. Your strawman is showing...
Identity theft is protected speech in your blind eye then. Come on now really, stealing someone’s SS# to obtain a job isn’t “really” wrong, right?
The legislators have already spoken out to protect those social security payments made by the SS “squatter” (so that he can still get the money he paid in).
What’s the harm?