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StClone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-29-10 12:01 PM
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Do Corporate Owners have twice the Free Speech?
One aspect of giving a Corporation full First Amendment Rights is that it also gives its owners double the protected free speech channels. Once as an individual and secondly as (and through) a Corporation. Is it Unconstitutional to allow increased free speech as a Corporate owner over a non-Corporate-owning private Citizen? Has this double-dip argument been made before and does it appear to have any legal promise as a way to challenge the SCOTUS's recent ruling in Citizens United v. FEC.
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brentspeak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-29-10 12:08 PM
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1. Corporations now have super-rights
Edited on Fri Jan-29-10 12:09 PM by brentspeak
The Founders wanted individuals to have the right of free speech; they never in their worst nightmares envisioned a 21st century SCOTUS giving a corporation's CEO, executives, and board of directors EXTRA rights.
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Arkana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-29-10 12:13 PM
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2. All animals are equal.*
*Some animals are more equal than others.
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Kurt_and_Hunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-29-10 12:14 PM
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3. Ridiculous argument
Do people who donate to political campaigns have more free speech rights than those who do not? If not, why not? They get to voice their political opinions arguing in bars and also get to voice their political opinions in the form of campaign ads they subsidize.

Should people who have donated to a campaign be barred from writing letters to the editor because they have already used up their free speech?

Steven King publishes more books than most of us do... is he hogging our rights?

Do people who do not vote have a right to vote?

Rights are not actions or sums.
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leeroysphitz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-29-10 12:14 PM
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4. Corporations have ALL the free speech. n/t
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