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Jamie Raskin: “Corporations do not have consciences, beliefs, feelings, thoughts, desires.”

On the recordJune 2, 2014
Corporations do not have consciences, beliefs, feelings, thoughts, desires.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Arguing that corporations lack the personal attributes necessary for First Amendment rights.

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