[NickC25]

Citizens can absolutely do that.

Corporations might be "people" but they aren't citizens. Especially if they participate in shenanigans designed to "minimize" their tax exposure that involve shell corporations in other countries.

[PaulDavisThe1st]

As the bumper sticker/fridge magnet says, "I'll believe corporations are people when Texas executes one of them".

[s1artibartfast]

Almost certianly manufactured by a company that could otherwise be prohiited from printing it. Interesting.

[red-iron-pine]

> Founder, Corporate sellout,

well at least they're not hiding it

[twoodfin]

The Constitution applies to the People of the United States. Not only citizens, and not only people who haven’t formed certain kinds of voluntary associations (another right protected up front!)

[s1artibartfast]

it would be a very different and interesting world if individuals lost their right of free speach if they organize as a group

[NickC25]

This is being disingenuous. Maybe not deliberately so, but still.

There's a difference between a few people getting together and petitioning the government for redress; versus, a multitrillion dollar corporation (that pays little to no tax, and is the recipient of very generous government contracts) buying its way to the front of the line and whining until it gets its way.

[s1artibartfast]

I thought we were talking about free speach? If so, I dont think it is off topic at all. People literally advocate that.

In citizens united, the government’s position was that, under their interpretation of the law, the government had the authority to prohibit a corporation or a non-profit organization of any size from publishing a book or pamphlets if they had political implications.

Where would you draw the line? what does "buying its way to the front of the line and whining until it gets its way" mean in practice?