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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: TimF who wrote (129624)1/29/2010 7:18:27 PM
From: Jeff Hayden  Read Replies (1) of 541978
 
Who is the voice of a corporation? Certainly not the stockholder - that person is only an owner. If a corporation is privately run, there is no question that the owner is entitled to speak freely, for him/herself. All corporate officers of a publicly held company are entitled to speak freely. Giving those same corporate officers another voice as a "corporation" is not guaranteed by the constitution. After all, corporations already have a voice by encouraging its employees to support legislation and contribute to representatives beneficial to the corporation, but they can't demand support.

What if one or many in the corporation disagree with the "corporation's" speech or ideology? Do they get their freedom of speech without retribution from the corporation? I doubt it.
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