The US Supreme Court decided in the past year that a corporation has
the same free speech rights as an individual, so campaign contribution limits did not apply.
Shouldn't the Supreme Court conclude that if EXXON Mobile and GE have
the same free speech right that I do as a citizen that they should pay taxes at the same rate a normal citizen pays?
I ask again, if EXXON Mobil and GE have
the same free speech right I do as a citizen then don't you agree they should pay taxes at the same rate a normal citizen pays?
Not exact matches
For precisely the
same reasons that I found your statement to be laughable, the government must insure that mechanisms are put in place to insure that the actual persons granted
free speech rights by the Supreme Court (the owners of the corporations) are the ones actually exercising their new
rights instead of having those
rights stolen by fat - cat executives and self - appointed boards.
The issue is that
free speech was provided for anti choice proponents, but an alternative plate giving the
same right to
free speech to pro choice proponents was voted down by the legislature.
In a statement, Broglio's office said: «Archbishop Broglio and the Archdiocese stand firm in the belief, based on legal precedent, that such a directive from the Army (about not reading the letter) constituted a violation of his Constitutionally - protected
right of
free speech and the
free exercise of religion, as well as those
same rights of all military chaplains and their congregants.»
Atheists have the
same right to
free speech as religious zealots.
At the
same time, I've always thought that your
right to
free speech stops at the tip of my nose.
Which could probably conflict with EU rules for the
rights of minorities /
free speech / political activities, but it is not the
same than «death threat against a national minority».
My question, if Exxan and GE have the
same right to
free speech I do as a citizen — why do they pay much lower corporate tax rates?
In spite of the tyrant's commands and because they had put their lives on the line to defend their
rights, the patriots enshrined
free speech in our founding documents; the
same documents that gave you your job.
I would never suggest that Hansen doesn't have the
same right to
free speech as any other citizen.
As a result, the
right to freedom of
speech in the form of the
right to discuss, debate and indeed lampoon religion is a fundamental feature of a
free society, but the
same arguments can not be applied to discussion of race...»
Attorneys devoted their time to gun control cases, voter identification laws,
free speech issues, abortion
rights and
same - sex marriage cases.