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[-] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 3 points 4 months ago

yeah but citizens united codified it into us law.

[-] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 1 points 4 months ago

Not quite. The Santa Clara decision gave corporations equal protection under the 14th Amendment, is law in the same sense that Citizens United is, and has been applied many, many times. The 2010 decision held that 1st Amendment protections apply to corporations.

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