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From: Travis_Bickle	1/25/2010 5:15:11 AM
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Re why does a corporation have the same rights as an individual ..... There is a line of cases involving associations and the freedom of speech US Constitution See main article: US Constitution While the United States Constitution's First Amendment identifies the rights to assemble and to petition the government, the text of the First Amendment does not make specific mention of a right to association. Nevertheless, the United States Supreme Court held in NAACP v. Alabama that the freedom of association is an essential part of the Freedom of Speech because, in many cases, people can engage in effective speech only when they join with others. The Supreme Court has found the Constitution to protect the freedom of association in two cases (NAACP v. Alabama, 1958 and Roberts v. United States Jaycees, 1984). en.wikipedia.org A lot of these cases were the result of communist witch hunts during the cold war. I don't think there is any basis to afford one type of association the freedom of speech and deny it to another type of association.

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