Sure it does.
THE PEOPLE, The PRESS.
Free republic is a Limited Liability Corporation.
Should it be silenced?
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of
religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or
abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the
right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition
the Government for a redress of grievances.
Since the “Press” are corporations should they be silenced?
78% of all small business are corporations who are
regulated and taxed to death. If the government is going to
impose a massive burden (like cap and trade and socialized
medicine) making you and your company bound in servitude
as the collector and payer of such things do they not have
a right to collectively gather and address this with the government?
The Marxist culture infused into academics has poisoned most posters in this post.
The GE's of the world can, will, and are buying their
influence in Washington with schemes like Cap and Trade no
matter how much the little family business and small
Corporations are stripped of their rights to redress
the government. That includes donating money to candidates
to prevent other candidates from irreparably damaging them.
what if a candidate wants to force your business to unionize
and drive up your costs until it bankrupts you?
Should you not have the right to collectively fight them
with an organization such as the manufactures association?
Once again many here vote to throw the baby out with the bath water.
And in the end the only one who will be screwed is the
little guy. And their jobs. Nothing will stop the big
corporate bully's from owing the White House like GE's
purchase of your repersentaves with their media outlets
turned into propaganda outlets.
McCain Finegold sure fixed that problem right?
Well actually it made it so only the big power brokers had
access. Just the opposite of what it claimed it would do.
Remember, Free Republic is a Corporation.
Should it be silenced?
That is a crime I would Gladly fight against.
And I mean FIGHT.
How about you?
Sotomayer is a Marxist and agreeing with her is sheer lunacy. But many are fooled.
Yup. Hopefully some of these posters are starting to catch on.
I don’t think we disagree, but why did you quote me out of context and omit the all important sentence that followed? The point I was making is that the prohibition is on Congress and there is no expressly granted right, but an implied right that is not limited to individuals only. In the same vein, the press is not restricted either, whether it is a corporation, sole proprietorship, non-profit or whatever form of organization it takes.
I’m no fan of corporations that buy influence to corrupt the free market, but as I said in an earlier post, the government that regulates outside the boundaries of the free market is peddling influence and some people, however they assemble, are buying influence.
Sotomayor, and O’Connor before her are pulling the classic trick of trying to create a dilemma where none exists, essentially saying we must choose between free speech and corruption. If Congress were not selling, then GE wouldn’t be buying, but the “good” justices don’t see it that way. Apparently a lot of posters here don’t either.
McCain Feingold is an attempt by politicians to say “we wouldn’t be corrupt if it were not for those big bad corporations tempting us with money we can’t resist.” They are corrupt and McCain Feingold is their smoke screen.
Dave, if you read my posts, you’ll note that I stated that I believe the issue is worthy of discussion. I did not say she was right. Looks to me like you’re guilty of over-enthusiasm here.
I am not against corporations per se, but I do want to make sure that laws in this nation are not devised so that corporations stifle the rights of the individual.
If at the end of the day laws devised to protect corporations don’t infringe the little guy’s rights, I’m okay with things.