There's a nice little music video out - just released by a speciality history curriiculum publishing firm - with a hsitory lesson that really seems to be hitting a chord with the growing chorus of people who are upset with government (including Glenn Reynolds , Moe Lane and some others - I expect...
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TokyoTom
on Sat, Feb 6 2010
Filed under: corporations, constitution, Jefferson, revolution, federalism
Below is another handy summary of my Constitutional arguments against #CorpSpeak and #politicsInc (Twiter hashtags, for those of you who may be unfamiliar with them), copied from another comment thread at Volokh Conspiracy . Readers should not forget that it is the state grant of limited liability that...
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TokyoTom
on Thu, Feb 4 2010
Filed under: rent-seeking, corporations, constitution, limited liability, speech
Further to my four preceding posts , I copy below a further comment that I left on a thread at The Volokh Conspiracy , which I think summarizes the core Constitutional issue: TokyoTom says: John Dewey : Sorry, Tom. You can disagree with me, but the majority on the U.S. Supreme Court agrees with me. Justice...
PR.Watch.org succinctly summarizes: Now that the Supreme Court has ruled that corporations are entitled to the same free speech and political rights as American citizens, Murray Hill, Inc. , a public relations and advertising firm in Maryland has announced that it intends to run for Congress in Maryland's...
Further to my preceding posts on corporations and free speech , I invite others to read this semi-serious piece in Truthout that examines the implications of the United Citizens vs. FEC decision: " Personal Corporatehood: Coping With the Reason Divided of Citizens United " The author, Randall...
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TokyoTom
on Tue, Feb 2 2010
Filed under: rent-seeking, corporations, constitution, limited liability, speech