SCOTUS: Corporations have First Amendment rights

[Kevin and 10]

http://rawstory.com/2010/01/blogger-the-co...ectoral-system/

Interesting, I never thought of this take on corporate donations.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

The idea of a corporation as a single entity is controversial at best - because the only people who would benefit from it are the CEOS and the management team who have first amendment rights anyway. Seems like they'd be getting the same right twice, once for themselves and secondly on behalf of their shareholders and the people who work for them.

Its questionable whether someone who works for a corporation would necessarily share the same politics as the boss.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

http://rawstory.com/2010/01/blogger-the-co...ectoral-system/

Interesting, I never thought of this take on corporate donations.

Thank you, Right Wing Justices. You just aided and abetted the foreign enemy.

[ready4ONE 5,400]

I have always believed that regulating soft money is unconstitutional. You can perhaps regulate how much money someone actually donates to a campaign. However, if an individual or corporation wants to run it's own ad about a candidate or political issue, that has to be protected by free speech. That's what the first amendment is about. If someone wants to criticize or support an issue or candidate, they have to be allowed to do this.

Yes, the will of the [relatively poor] people be damned! Win for free *cough* speech!

[Nikita2Charles 32]

Welcome to the

UNITED CORPORATION OF AMERICA

hmmm maybe i should change to America to Globalization