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   Ron said, 3 days ago

   At last! The truth comes forth…

   Er, but - aren’t you forgetting the unions?

   They have been allowed to speak freely, too, regardless of what their members think.

   Just like the corporations speaking freely regardless of what their shareholders think.

   Come now… the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth!

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   harleyquinn said, 3 days ago

   But but if a group got together 30 before the election and ran some mean ads, it could ruin it for all of us….

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   Chikuku said, 3 days ago

   If corporations are legally people, then Mergers are same-sex marriages!

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   Paul said, 3 days ago

   Thanks to the Supreme Court, America will continue to have the best politicians that money can buy!

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   SmokyStover said, 3 days ago

   Not quite right about unions. Officers of unions are elected by the union members. Private corporate owners are unelected and officers for publicly held corporations are not hired nor approved by the workers in the corporation nor by the shareholders.

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   kit_jefferson said, 3 days ago

   Hear ye, hear ye, the Senate Board of Directors is now in session and will determine what the citizens of the United States of America Inc. will be allowed to do henceforward into the future.

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   BIG PINK MOM said, 2 days ago

   And I thought the “flog myself for Jebus” crowd were weird.

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   pschearer said, 2 days ago

   As I’ve explained elsewhere, the Federal Election Commission lost this case when their attorney admitted to the Court that under McCain-Feingold they could prevent not just the release of a movie (the anti-Hillary subject of this case) but also the publishing of a book.

   When the Court realized that this would allow a government agency to violate freedom of the press, they made the correct pro-freedom decision.

   Joining a (legal) group neither grants nor surrenders rights. All rights are at root individual rights, and defending rights is the one proper function of government. (Of course, those dedicated to the expansion of government power at the expense of individual rights will not see it that way.)

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   BrianCrook said, 1 day ago

   That unions can also contribute is a mere drop in the ocean compared to the cash the corporations have. This ill-considered decision needs drastic legal modification. I hope that Congress gets to it soon.

   Pschearer, no one is preventing the release of anything. Simply, the movie must have no connection to any campaign.

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    pbarnrob said, about 13 hours ago

    Run right down and incorporate yourself today!