During the 2008 presidential primaries, the FCC denied permission to view Hillary: The Movie on demand cable. Back in 2008, to distribute in movie form an extremely vituperative expression of disdain for Hilary as a candidate was a criminal act. Cearly this was control of political content by the government.
That has now changed. The Supreme Court ruled in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission by a 5-4 decision that corporations have free speech the same as individual citizens.
It is no longer a criminal act for a non-profit (or for profit) corporation to express political free speech. The right for a group of people — such as a corporation — to express political speech is the same as for an individual.
This decision that corporations have freedom of speech makes sense. Freedom of assembly obviously means groups of people gathering together. Surely, groups of people gathering together as a group have freedom of speech. That goes for the ACLU as well as for Coke. What say you? written by Cameron Jackson DrCameronJackson@gmail.com
