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Re:Apple plans new U.S. campus, to pay $38B in foreign cash ... by c3534l on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @10:02PM (#16174314)
I have no problem limiting campaign contributions and certain political activities. The constitution does, though. The law generally likes to treat corporations as separate from their owners, but no such notion exists in the constitution. And if it comes to a question of constitutionality, then it doesn't matter that our laws limit the financial liability of a stockholder to his or her contribution because that's not a constitutional question.
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Re:Apple plans new U.S. campus, to pay $38B in foreign cash ... by discoursism on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @10:18PM (#16174392)
The constitution as interpreted by five out of nine sitting judges at the time the question was last ruled on. It's reasonable to think the constitution says otherwise, although you are correct as to the law of the land at the moment.
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Re:Apple plans new U.S. campus, to pay $38B in foreign cash ... by c3534l on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @10:20PM (#16174396)
True enough.
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Re:Apple plans new U.S. campus, to pay $38B in foreign cash ... by discoursism on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @10:27PM (#16174440)
And I also think it's fair for you to use the shorthand, "The constitution says ..." as a stand-in for this. But there seem to be some people in the thread who are not too familiar with the American legal system, and I don't want those folks to be confused into thinking the document actually says anything directly about corporate person-hood and free speech. Not trying to put you on the defense or anything.
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