> Whoever came up with "companies donating millions to politicians is free speech so nothing can be done to limit that" is either a massive idiot or extremely biased towards big money influencing elections.
Isn't this a straightforward deduction from combining an extension of the first amendment with corporate personhood?
I'd think that the actual problem (which manifests itself in many ways other than this one) is that latter legal situation, not the first amendment or the logic itself.
Isn't this a straightforward deduction from combining an extension of the first amendment with corporate personhood?
I'd think that the actual problem (which manifests itself in many ways other than this one) is that latter legal situation, not the first amendment or the logic itself.