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To: Lane3 who wrote (129787)	2/1/2010 3:19:01 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542061

is whether or not the first amendment applies to corporations It doesn't apply to corporations, but that's not really relevant. It applies to congress. If congress passed a law infringing on free speech or corporations or anything/one else, than congress would be infringing on free speech, which is directly prohibited. Beyond that congress has no specific authority to regulate in this area. Even without the first amendment it shouldn't be able to do anything (although without the first amendment combined with Incorporation the states could). Political adds aren't "interstate commerce". Also corporations are people, and I don't mean in the sense of the traditional legal fiction, but in that any acts furthering communication in the name of a corporation are done by human beings.