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To: ozarkgirl
Corps don't have the right of 1st amendment (if I read it right).

The context of her comment was a campaign-finance case. She was arguing that corporations don't don't have first amendment rights. What she seems to be getting at is that she would limit the free speech of individuals who would represent corporations.

Good sign for Sotomayor I think.

Limiting first amendment rights is not a good thing.

138 posted on 09/17/2009 5:22:00 PM PDT by FreeReign
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To: FreeReign
What she seems to be getting at is that she would limit the free speech of individuals who would represent corporations.

OK, I'm not a legal type person. I guess I don't understand the issue of free speech if an individual is representing a corporation. If a Lawyer is representing a corporation, they are going to self shut down on any individual opinion anyway, free speech doesn't come into it at all.

I don't understand.

How does this infringe on free speech?

143 posted on 09/17/2009 5:46:23 PM PDT by ozarkgirl
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