Volokh argues corporate speech limits would also threaten media corporations
Eugene VolokhUCLA law professor
Volokh argued that denying business corporations speech rights would also deny them to media corporations.
“The constitutional protections offered to the institutional media are no greater than those offered to others. And thus if ordinary business corporations lack First Amendment rights, so do those business corporations that we call media corporations.”
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Citizens United: Corporate election spending and free speech
The Supreme Court protected corporate and union independent election spending in Citizens United. Defenders say the ruling protects political speech and association. Critics say it gives wealthy interests excessive influence and undermines democratic accountability.
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Volokh argues that reducing ordinary business corporations' speech rights would also threaten media corporations. His own analysis is distinct from his quotations of Stevens.
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He reviewed historical examples of press freedom protecting speakers outside professional newspapers.
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This is the closing paragraph of his response to Stevens's dissent.
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The dispute concerns constitutional protection for independent corporate election speech. Volokh defends that protection by rejecting a distinction that would strip ordinary corporations of rights while protecting media companies.
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