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Originally Posted by merrylander
Well to begin with no matter what SCOTUS says money does not equal speech and corporations are definitely not people. Add to that the First amendment most definitely does not provide for lobbying. A more corrupted reading of that amendment has never been made.
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And exactly where did you get your degree in Constitutional Law?
The money=speech doctrine has been in place for over 40 years (since Buckley vs. Valeo in 1976). Also, the First Amendment expressly prohibits making any laws prohibiting petitioning the government (e.g., lobbying). You may not like the idea, but it is on sound constitutional footing.