[geeks] geeks Digest, Vol 157, Issue 2

[Lionel Peterson]

> On Dec 5, 2015, at 7:19 AM, Sandwich Maker <adh at an.bradford.ma.us> wrote:
>
> " To me, that's a problem.  I was reading an article the other day about
> " "corporate death penalty" and while I'm not that far in the spectrum,
> " there *must* be a way to make the penalties severe enough where it
"hurts"
> " vs. just making it the cost of doing business.
>
> i agree.  however, we've allowed the corporations and .1% wealthiest
> people to change our system so that money makes the rules.  'citizens
> united vs. fec' is a key example.  they've got the finest
> congresscritters money can buy...

The Supreme Court's Citizens United decision was supported by the ACLU, as it
struck down a regulation that violated the 1st Amendment rights of Corp. and
unions to voice opinions in elections.

https://www.aclu.org/cases/citizens-united-v-federal-election-commission

The principle guiding the decision is that when two (or more) people come
together to voice an opinion, they have no lesser rights than they would
individually. Corporations, like unions, are comprised of individuals, and as
such have the same rights as the individuals that comprise the union or
corporation.

Lionel