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To: Lane3 who wrote (129908)	2/1/2010 6:39:31 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 541971

There might be finely crafted special cases where the distinction would make a practical difference but for the most part "people acting as a collective having a right" has the same practical effect, in terms of what can be prohibited as "the collective having the right", with "the collective (or more specifically corporation) having the right", effectively functioning as a shorthand for the other wording. If the people have the constitutional right and it still is active for actions as part of a collective organization, including as part of a corporation, than the laws against corporate political adds would be unconstitutional.