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The concern, though, is that if you grant a corporation unlimited speech powers, does it really have "freedom"? Does it make sense to talk about a "right" to do
by ubernostrum 10y ago
The concern, though, is that if you grant a corporation unlimited speech powers, does it really have "freedom"? Does it make sense to talk about a "right" to do something you're legally forced to do?
- jahewson 10y agoI don't think that's a concern at all. Free speech is not a problem. The problem is that the Supreme Court has decided that "money is speech", and so corporate spending cannot be regulated. That's what needs fixing.
- bitwize 10y agoThe Supreme Court did not strike down the campaign-finance portions of McCain-Feingold, only those provisions forbidding corporations and unions from disseminating certain types of media messages before an election. So money is no more speech post-Citizens United than it was before; i.e., inasmuch as it costs money to produce television, film, or video.