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> The First Amendment in plain words protects the free speech rights of corporations, by referring to "the press". Amazon is not "the press". That is very clea
by danaris 2y ago
> The First Amendment in plain words protects the free speech rights of corporations, by referring to "the press".
Amazon is not "the press". That is very clearly referring to news/journalism, not "anything any company happens to communicate".
The First Amendment protects the free speech rights of people, not companies acting outside of a journalistic context.
- samatman 2y agoNo. That puts the government in control of deciding who is, and is not, the press. Which is contrary to the letter and spirit of the First Amendment, which was, in fact, explicitly, written to preclude that possibility. Your statement is also dead wrong on the face of it. https://amazonpublishing.amazon.com https://amazonpublishing.amazon.com