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To: Admiral_Zeon

I must say that what she says makes some sense. I’m ready to be flamed, but if we are going to be consistent originalsts, can we really claim that the framers envisioned that corporations would be protected by the first amendment?

That said, all of us probably need to read those 19th century decisions before passing judgment.


3 posted on 09/17/2009 2:12:43 PM PDT by dinoparty
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To: dinoparty

“I must say that what she says makes some sense. I’m ready to be flamed, but if we are going to be consistent originalsts, can we really claim that the framers envisioned that corporations would be protected by the first amendment?

That said, all of us probably need to read those 19th century decisions before passing judgment.”

Good response.


155 posted on 09/17/2009 6:12:38 PM PDT by AuntB (If the TALIBAN grew drugs & burned our land instead of armed Mexican Cartels would anyone notice?)
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To: dinoparty

You may not be aware that corporations have 2nd Amendment rights, too. In fact, many of the legal owners of machine guns in civilain hands are US corporations!


162 posted on 09/17/2009 6:38:47 PM PDT by 2harddrive
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To: dinoparty

Wait a minute. What is a corporation? If I get together with a majority of my neighbors in a housing development and we come up with agreements on how to safeguard the value of our homes, do we constitute a “corporation? Would we then be denied our 1st Amendment protections? Think long and hard about the reprecusiuons of Soto(all Latino all the time)mayor’s ideology.


171 posted on 09/17/2009 7:32:01 PM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud Dad of a U.S. Army Infantry Soldier whose wife is expecting twins SONS.)
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To: dinoparty

The constitution guarantees freedom of speech, and does not say that it is to be denied any grouping of people (such as a political party, for example; or what we call now a corporation).


178 posted on 09/17/2009 7:46:17 PM PDT by docbnj
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To: dinoparty

The constitution guarantees freedom of speech, and does not say that it is to be denied any grouping of people (such as a political party, for example; or what we call now a corporation).


180 posted on 09/17/2009 7:53:14 PM PDT by docbnj
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To: dinoparty

The constitution guarantees freedom of speech, and does not say that it is to be denied any grouping of people (such as a political party, for example; or what we call now a corporation).


181 posted on 09/17/2009 7:53:23 PM PDT by docbnj
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To: dinoparty

I do not see anything bad here. I own a corporation and I am a conservative capitalist. That being said, corporations were not guaranteed anything in the Constitution. So, I invoke the broken clock rule here.


201 posted on 09/17/2009 9:39:09 PM PDT by coon2000 (Give me Liberty or give me death!)
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To: dinoparty

A bit late on this one....was in my tabs for awhile.

But, I have to agree. I think she makes a decent point here. Can’t believe I am saying that though.


305 posted on 09/23/2009 8:01:06 AM PDT by rwfromkansas ("Carve your name on hearts, not marble." - C.H. Spurgeon)
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