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3. Thats the wrong way to look at it IMO.

Tue Apr 8, 2014, 03:28 PM

Apr 2014

The first amendment forbids government from certain actions.

It specifies neither the time, the place, nor the people to which there are exceptions.

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Should only "natural persons" and the press have First Amendment rights? [View all] Nye Bevan Apr 2014 OP

There are many options between those two extremes. Xipe Totec Apr 2014 #1

+1 TDale313 Apr 2014 #4

Corporations Are People, My Friend Ohio Joe Apr 2014 #2

Thats the wrong way to look at it IMO. beevul Apr 2014 #3

Hey, what about us "unnatural persons"? genwah Apr 2014 #5

Do we alert just for "funzies" these days? Really? Tarheel_Dem Apr 2014 #6

Thanks! (but juror #6 has made me a little sad) Nye Bevan Apr 2014 #12

That's the way juries work, sadly. lumberjack_jeff Apr 2014 #16

i think a bigger issue is whether money=speech La Lioness Priyanka Apr 2014 #7

I've not seen the threads on this debate BainsBane Apr 2014 #9

How does one define "the press"? onenote Apr 2014 #10

For that matter, Democratic Underground LLC is not a natural person. lumberjack_jeff Apr 2014 #15

The First Amendment should also cover Collectives of People dilby Apr 2014 #17