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Re:Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access ne... by ashleyn on Monday February 09, 2026 @03:10PM (#46950455)

This is the central problem with Citizens United. The supreme court tends to be unusually deferential with 1A cases and ruled that infinite money can go into formally unaffiliated PACs. Undoing this would require activist judges or a constitutional amendment.

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Re:Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access ne... by uncletscollie on Monday February 09, 2026 @03:40PM (#46950906)

Activist judges?

The supreme court is majority activist judges. Why cant new judges undo the old activist judges wrongly decided law? Why are the other new judges suddenly activists?

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Re:Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access ne... by parineum on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @01:46AM (#46956165)

In the case of Citizens United, it's actually a pretty straightforward case. Without a constitutional amendment, it would take a very unorthodox reading of the first amendment.

The "problem" with Citizens United is that it's a very clear case.

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Re:Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access ne... by WillAdams on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @06:58AM (#46958545)

Corporations are amoral immortals who cannot be placed behind bars. Therefore they should never be given the rights of human beings.

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Re:Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access ne... by parineum on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @10:18AM (#46960849)

They don't have the rights of human beings. Humans don't lose their rights because they are in a corporation, that is the outcome of Citizens United.

"A corporation is people" is the singular of "corporations are people". Anyone saying anything different is lying or misinformed.

Think about all the times someone who definitely knew better implied that it meant a corporation is a person and trust them less.

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