[lbo-talk] Which Supreme Court Justice Said This?

Nathan Newman nathanne at nathannewman.org
Mon Jul 18 07:40:52 PDT 2005


Actually, Breyer and Ginsburg are more skeptical of corporate free speech rights than Rehnquist and Stevens - who were more skeptical of them than Brennan and Marshall. So there's actually some progress legally, which is why recent campaign finance laws weren't struck down in the name of corporate free speech.

I'm doing a bit of legal research around workers rights and what's striking is how much First Amendment law has often been a key anti-labor weapon, from imposing BECK optouts from union dues to upholding employer free speech rights against NLRB regulation to striking down laws that require government contractors not to spend that money on union busting.

----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Devine" <jdevine03 at gmail.com>


> Is R more skeptical of corporate rights than Clinton's appointees are?
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> On 7/17/05, Nathan Newman <nathanne at nathannewman.org> wrote:
>> The answer is Chief Justice Rehnquist, who was actually far more
>> skeptical
>> of giving constitutional rights to corporations than liberals like
>> Justice
>> Brennan and Marshall.
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> Jim Devine
> "Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" -- Richard Feynman
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