Thursday, February 11, 2010

Citizens United Extended

The Scalia v. Stevens Smackdown
In President Obama's view, corporations are anathema.


Justice Antonin Scalia then wrote a majority concurrence solely so that he could go mano a mano with Justice Stevens. A mere three sentences in, he unloads: "The dissent attempts this demonstration, however, in splendid isolation from the text of the First Amendment."
If you watch this beauty,  you'll surely be wanting to ask Stevens about Jefferson's very clear statement about what should be "suppresed," since he's a fan.

3 comments:

BruHa said...

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Pretty friggin brilliant and easy to understand. Is not a corporation an an assembly of people? Doesn't the 1st say "make no law ....abridging the freedom of speech" and "or the right of the people peaceably to assemble". Does being a member of a corporation make you less human with less rights? Maybe in the eyes of the Lefty/Statists but I dont think so.

But the lefty progressives think this way. The big question is why? I truly don't understand the philosophy of the left. I just don't get it. WTF?

Anonymous said...

Liberal Justice William O. Douglas said it best, "The first amendment says, Congress shall make NO LAWS, it doesn't say, Congress shall make some laws". Shouldn't it be a requirement that all senators and representatives pass a simple test on what the Constitution says before they're seated in Congress?

Anonymous said...

This is all true and it is doubling chilling when you consider that nearly all businesses in the US with more than zero employees are corporations.
GrinfilledCelt

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