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jberryhill

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13. There is a contingent here...

Reply to LiberalAndProud (Reply #10)

Mon May 13, 2013, 05:50 PM

May 2013

...which does not believe that corporations should have first amendment rights.

There is an organization called Move To Amend which would expressly amend the Constitution to state that rights under the Constitution are solely reserved to natural persons, and that would include freedom of the press.

A telephone is not a press in any event.

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Govt obtains wide AP phone records in probe [View all] Are_grits_groceries May 2013 OP

Does the phone line belong to AP? jberryhill May 2013 #1

Did you read the article? Are_grits_groceries May 2013 #2

The work numbers belong to AP, correct? jberryhill May 2013 #3

employees still have 4th amendment rights against government snooping geek tragedy May 2013 #7

Employees don't have the same 4th amendment rights in their geek tragedy May 2013 #5

It does say work and personal numbers were obtained. Rex May 2013 #8

Makes sense if they thought the government leaker was calling geek tragedy May 2013 #15

Dam, didn't think of that. Rex May 2013 #16

I would suggest that the first amendment applies. LiberalAndProud May 2013 #10

There is a contingent here... jberryhill May 2013 #13

Yes Corporations have 4th amendment rights Savannahmann May 2013 #17

I agree with you jberryhill May 2013 #18

I wish the M$M would report on this kind of intrusion 24/7. Rex May 2013 #4

Unlike Benghazi and the IRS, this has the makings of a real scandal DisgustipatedinCA May 2013 #6

Smells like desperation going after people personally. Rex May 2013 #9

This is a story that's getting a lot of immediate attention on Twitter, presumably on Facebook too DisgustipatedinCA May 2013 #11

The govt better have some kind of certainty in this snooping. Rex May 2013 #12

AP is really mad... Malik Agar May 2013 #14