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> We must decide if that needs to change. This will require either amending the constitution to strip companies of their 1A rights, OR the supreme court ruling
by sangnoir 6y ago
> We must decide if that needs to change.
This will require either amending the constitution to strip companies of their 1A rights, OR the supreme court ruling that companies are not people and have no 1A rights. Both are tall orders in my view, with far-reaching direct and 2nd-order effects.
- krzyk 6y ago> supreme court ruling that companies are not people Wait, in the US companies are considered people?
- umanwizard 6y agoNo, but they are collections of people and as such have certain rights.
- sangnoir 6y agoI was channeling Mitt Romney ("Corporations are people, my friend"[1]). But companies, trusts, PACs, SuperPACs, country clubs, HOA's, etc are legal persons. The supreme court ruled all persons (birthed or incorporated) have free speech rights, and additionally, money is free speech[2]. 1. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mitt-romney-says-corporations-are-people/2011/08/11/gIQABwZ38I_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mitt-romney-says-cor... 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckley_v._Valeo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckley_v._Valeo
- throwaway3699 6y agoNot necessarily. The phone company can't cut you off for what you said on the phone.