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1st amendment rights only apply to the government.

• kefka 12y ago
  And government grants corporate charters. They, and we need to remember this fact. And, corporations can be unmade as a punishment.
  • jonny_eh 12y ago
    Do you have a legal precedent to point to? The Bill of Rights (the first 10 amendments to the constitution) didn't even apply to state governments until the 14th amendment. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incorporation_of_the_Bill_of_Rights http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incorporation_of_the_Bill_of_Ri...
    • kefka 12y ago
      What precedent would one need? You ask the government for a license to incorporate. You pay some money to facilitate this incorporation. This is no different than a drivers license. The gov't can say yea or nay to that under criterion they decide.
    • dragonwriter 12y ago
      > Do you have a legal precedent to point to? For revoking corporate charter? Every jurisdiction which grants them also already reserves the power to revoke them. E.g., Delaware: http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/decode/8/1/X/284 http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/decode/8/1/X/284
      • jonny_eh 12y ago
        For revoking a corporate charter for violating a customer or partner's 1st amendment rights.
• Houshalter 12y ago
  No one is claiming that it's illegal. People can give up their rights as long as it's voluntary. It's generally seen as wrong or socially unacceptable to require that though.