GOP files a brief that will end this country if they win

22 states ban direct corporate contributions, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Twelve of these states allow businesses to donate through employee PACs, and eight ban direct corporate donations while allowing direct donations from unions.

The other 28 states allow direct corporate contributions to candidates.
 
how is a corporation making a contribution on behalf of its shareholders any different from a union making a contribution on behalf of its members.....or the Sierra Club making a contribution on behalf of its members?..........
 
evince said:
Summary of the Argument


In Citizens United V The Federal Elecction Commision, 130 S.Ct. 876,904 (2010), the Supreme Court stated "f the first Amendment has any force, it prohibits Congreess from fining or jailing citizens, or associations of citizens for simply enguaging in political speech." Yet that is precisely what is happening in this case. The Defendants- Appellees face imprisonment under count 4 of the indictment simply for seeking to enguage in political speech through the Corporate form.


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http://images.politico.com/global/2012/01/rncamicus.pdf

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Yurt said:
i read most of the brief and could not find one single instance where they asked that corps be allowed unlimited funds directly to a candidate. in fact, i found the opposite, where they argued the fund limits placed by FECA, ensures corps will be just like individuals.

perhaps you could cite to where they ask that corporate funds be unlimited.
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still waiting....
 
PostmodernProphet said:
how is a corporation making a contribution on behalf of its shareholders any different from a union making a contribution on behalf of its members.....or the Sierra Club making a contribution on behalf of its members?..........
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which is what I noted in another thread on the same theme.

I'm good with saying Corporations are not "people" as long as other groups of people are also no longer "people" and can't donate to candidates or to their PACs...
 
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