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To: Lane3 who wrote (64230)	5/7/2008 7:20:49 PM
From: Cogito	Respond to of 542840

>> don't think it did that, exactly. It spoke of corporations and free speech but I don't think it was in the sense that the corporation as an entity had such a right but that when groups like corporations and unions were restricted, their underlying people were deprived of their rights. I think. Too lazy to research it.<< Karen - One could argue that when a CEO decides to donate money to a campaign, she is not necessarily representing the views or wishes of the employees of the corporation. In fact, there is no reason to suppose she is. The same could be said about Union leaders and the views of their members. I'm sure that point was brought up in the Supreme Court. But I'm too lazy to research that decision, too, so we're left at an impasse. - Allen