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We should just call lobbying the same way it is called in other countries: corruption. The problem with legalizing corruption that corporations gain way to much
by istvan__ 11y ago
We should just call lobbying the same way it is called in other countries: corruption. The problem with legalizing corruption that corporations gain way to much power.
- hga 11y agoIf it's corruption, its Constitutionally protected, in the First Amendment: Congress shall make no law [respecting/or abridging] the right of the people ... to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
- MichaelCrawford 11y agoIn general, the Supreme Court regards commercial speech as far, far less protected than those of the press or of individuals.
- hga 11y agoI don't see that as being at all relevant, since free speech is in the earlier part of the whole amendment, and "petitioning" people in your Government, while obviously a form of speech, is specifically and additionally protected here.