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To: rudehost
The first amendment makes no exception for money that is funneled through a corporation

That isn't the question I asked. I asked how you can arrrive at the conclusion that the bill of rights was meant to be extended to an imaginary being, a corporation. They did exist at the time.

If the bill of rights are not individual rights but are considered corporate rights then the argument that the second amendment only applies to "people" in the plural is the natural result of applying your logic and we have no individual right to own a gun.

There is a distinction between corporations which are imaginary beings created by state charter and which have special protections under the law including unlimited lives and real live human beings like you and I.

It is a leap on your part to conclude that these rights are supposed to be extended to corporations in the same manner as individuals. This SC has likewise said that corporations have been treated differently since the early 1900's so that this is not a new result for the SC.

I'm not particularly married to one view or the other on this case except as an example to demonstrate to you that their are issues that cannot be resolved by following the explict words and they do need to be applied to real life examples.

In doing so, making your personal judgement that Bush signed an unconstitutional bill, if upheld by the courts to be constitutional requires you to claim superior wisdom over the majority court.At the very least, to be consistant, you should call for the impeachment of the judges that voted on yes on this case. And you should acknowledge that good men might honestly disagree with you.

111 posted on 06/16/2003 11:31:27 AM PDT by VRWC_minion (Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and most are right)
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To: VRWC_minion
Yes I agree judges who supported this should be impeached. Alas it won't happen

Regarding corporations. They are nothing more than a collection of individuals pooling their money for a common purpose. If I give my money to a corporation to forward my political agenda and the corporation is then restricted in its ability to do so you have abridged my ability to spread my message by cutting off an outlet for me to do so.

Or alternatively the first amendment just says congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech it does not say "only for people". Since it doesn't explicitly exclude corporations they must also be included unless you believe in a living breathing document where "only people" is implied.

112 posted on 06/16/2003 11:39:40 AM PDT by rudehost
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